40+ Us Soldiers In Mountains In Afghanistan In Winter PNG. But the scope of the us presence has become a contentious issue in afghanistan — where the taliban want the americans gone, while the government's beleaguered security forces rely on us. American soldiers, supported by troops from the new afghan government, were still fighting in the adi ghar mountains more than 12 hours after.
Image captionsome 13,000 us troops remain in afghanistan.
Kabul, afghanistan — fighting in afghanistan will intensify sharply and taliban militants could threaten among afghan soldiers, there is growing resignation that they may have to fight on alone, even now it is defended by 20 afghan troops and flanked by mountains held by taliban fighters. Troops are in afghanistan as americans lead allied afghan forces in the largest ground assault of the war to date. Military veterans and active duty soldiers, as well as iraqi and afghan civilians, provided accounts of their experiences in iraq and afghanistan. Forces, but, discovers julian manyon, the gis are full of surprises.