10 years of Afghan war

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Updated On Oct 05, 2011 04:57 pm IST

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A Canadian soldier shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army troops near Panjwaii village, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, in this July 13, 2007 file photo.

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A Canadian soldier shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army troops near Panjwaii village, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, in this July 13, 2007 file photo.

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Afghans soccer players gather in front of the destroyed Darul Aman palace in Kabul, in this June 1, 2010 file photo.

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Afghans soccer players gather in front of the destroyed Darul Aman palace in Kabul, in this June 1, 2010 file photo.

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US Marines from Charlie 1/1 of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) fill sand bags around their light mortar position on the front lines of the US Marine Corps base in southern Afghanistan, in this December 1, 2001 file photo.

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US Marines from Charlie 1/1 of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) fill sand bags around their light mortar position on the front lines of the US Marine Corps base in southern Afghanistan, in this December 1, 2001 file photo.

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In this file photo, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates conducts a town hall meeting with US Marines and other military service personnel at the Forward Operating Base Bastion in Helmand Province.

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In this file photo, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates conducts a town hall meeting with US Marines and other military service personnel at the Forward Operating Base Bastion in Helmand Province.

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An Afghan soldier uses a wooden stick to maintain order among women waiting for humanitarian aid at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution point in Kabul, in this December 14, 2001 file photo.

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An Afghan soldier uses a wooden stick to maintain order among women waiting for humanitarian aid at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution point in Kabul, in this December 14, 2001 file photo.

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Sgt. William Olas Bee, a US Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmsir in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, in this May 18, 2008 file photo.

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Sgt. William Olas Bee, a US Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmsir in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, in this May 18, 2008 file photo.

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Afghan opposition Northern Alliance soldiers run and jump as they return from a front line position after battle near the town of Charatoy in the north of Afghanistan, in this October 10, 2001 file photo.

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Afghan opposition Northern Alliance soldiers run and jump as they return from a front line position after battle near the town of Charatoy in the north of Afghanistan, in this October 10, 2001 file photo.

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In this picture taken on September 11, 2011, US soldiers attend a memorial ceremony at the Bagram Airfield, 50 kms north of Kabul.

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In this picture taken on September 11, 2011, US soldiers attend a memorial ceremony at the Bagram Airfield, 50 kms north of Kabul.

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Afghan boy walks next to a pile of Russian-made helmets in the Panjshir Valley, some 100km north of Kabul, in this August 10, 2005 file photo.

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Afghan boy walks next to a pile of Russian-made helmets in the Panjshir Valley, some 100km north of Kabul, in this August 10, 2005 file photo.

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US soldiers kneel during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, in this February 8, 2010 file photo.

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US soldiers kneel during a memorial ceremony for Captain Daniel Whitten and Private First Class Zachary Lovejoy from Charlie Company, 4th Brigade combat team,1-508, 82nd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Remote Sweeney FOB in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan, in this February 8, 2010 file photo.

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US Marines carry a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device to a waiting medevac helicopter, near the town of Marjah in Helmand Province, in this August 21, 2010 file photo.

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US Marines carry a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device to a waiting medevac helicopter, near the town of Marjah in Helmand Province, in this August 21, 2010 file photo.

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A US soldier from Alpha Co, 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry, Task Force "Cacti" stands guard with Afghan Border Police on patrol near Brabat border checkpoint at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Kunar province.

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A US soldier from Alpha Co, 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry, Task Force "Cacti" stands guard with Afghan Border Police on patrol near Brabat border checkpoint at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Kunar province.

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As the US and NATO mark 10 years of war in Afghanistan, a grim picture emerges from scores of interviews over six months across the country with ordinary Afghans, government officials, soldiers, and former and current Taliban.

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As the US and NATO mark 10 years of war in Afghanistan, a grim picture emerges from scores of interviews over six months across the country with ordinary Afghans, government officials, soldiers, and former and current Taliban.

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In this Wednesday, September 28, 2011 photo, a man sweeps the street leading to the tomb of late Afghanistan's Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud in the Panjshir Valley.

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In this Wednesday, September 28, 2011 photo, a man sweeps the street leading to the tomb of late Afghanistan's Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud in the Panjshir Valley.

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In this Monday, September 19, 2011 photo, Afghan National Police prepare to join a long term patrol with German Army soldiers near Char Darah, outside Kunduz, Afghanistan.

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In this Monday, September 19, 2011 photo, Afghan National Police prepare to join a long term patrol with German Army soldiers near Char Darah, outside Kunduz, Afghanistan.

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In this Tuesday, September 27, 2011 photo, Bilal Khan, 19, sits at a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as his family's home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Tuesday, September 27, 2011 photo, Bilal Khan, 19, sits at a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as his family's home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Tuesday, September 27, 2011 photo, Tammana, 4 (L) and Jammeel, 6, children of Asif Khan, play in a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as the family's home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Tuesday, September 27, 2011 photo, Tammana, 4 (L) and Jammeel, 6, children of Asif Khan, play in a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as the family's home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Tuesday, September 27, 2011 photo, members of the Khan family sit in a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as the family's home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Tuesday, September 27, 2011 photo, members of the Khan family sit in a destroyed cinema razed by the Taliban which serves as the family's home in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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In this Sunday, September 25, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier relaxes on his bed inside the sleeping quarters of their barracks in Kunduz, northen Afghanistan.

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In this Sunday, September 25, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier relaxes on his bed inside the sleeping quarters of their barracks in Kunduz, northen Afghanistan.

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In this Sunday, September 25, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier shares grapes with his comrades at their outpost in Chard Darah, northern Afghanistan.

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In this Sunday, September 25, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier shares grapes with his comrades at their outpost in Chard Darah, northern Afghanistan.

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In this Wednesday, September 28, 2011 photo, an Afghan police officer looks for his colleague at their checkpost covered with pictures of late Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani at the Panjshir Valley.

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In this Wednesday, September 28, 2011 photo, an Afghan police officer looks for his colleague at their checkpost covered with pictures of late Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani at the Panjshir Valley.

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