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US Troops in Ghazni

An Afghan boy rubs his eyes as a convoy of the 2-87 Unit of 3rd Brigade Tenth Mountain Division, 1-102 Infantry, drives pass his village in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. The US troops began conducting Operation Mountain Fury since Sept. 12, 2006, and the platoons from Ghazni FOB had been on a mission, killing at least 17 Taliban fighters in Andar district. Now during the times of Ramadan, the Holy Month for Muslims, the Taliban activities have been dwindled down in the region as units from 102nd Inf. conduct mild operations of Mt. Fury such as village assessments and humanitarian drop-offs, the US troops are still exposed to a danger of hidden combat by the remaining Taliban fighters in this area. Members of 2-87 Unit, comprised with 41 personnel from all over the US aged from 19 to 35. The 102nd Inf., dated back to the Civil War time, from New Haven, Conn., had arrived in Ghazni in April this year and will stay here for one year until it is replaced by another inf. of reservists next April.

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Life after the Taliban's Fall 2006~2007
An Afghan boy rubs his eyes as a convoy of the 2-87 Unit of 3rd Brigade Tenth Mountain Division, 1-102 Infantry, drives pass his village in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006. The US troops began conducting Operation Mountain Fury since Sept. 12, 2006, and the platoons from Ghazni FOB had been on a mission, killing at least 17 Taliban fighters in Andar district. Now during the times of Ramadan, the Holy Month for Muslims, the Taliban activities have been dwindled down in the region as units from 102nd Inf. conduct mild operations of Mt. Fury such as village assessments and humanitarian drop-offs, the US troops are still exposed to a danger of hidden combat by the remaining Taliban fighters in this area. Members of 2-87 Unit, comprised with 41 personnel from all over the US aged from 19 to 35. The 102nd Inf., dated back to the Civil War time, from New Haven, Conn., had arrived in Ghazni in April this year and will stay here for one year until it is replaced by another inf. of reservists next April.