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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits being graded by Afghan instructors at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center).  Mentoring is done by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.  The instructors are sitting on abandoned Russian tanks.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (left) inside a "Qalat," with a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter overhead.  To his right is Marine Major Byron V. Chapman.....US mentors are living with Afghan National Army soldiers in a small "Qalat" rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice their aim on the firing range at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • An Afghan villager tends a field outside a "Qalat" used by US mentors living with Afghan National Army soldiers rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  In the background is the graded road being paved to help the valley.....It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Traning Center) with mentoring by American and other coalition trainers.  Most training is done by officers in the Afghan Army.
    ANA 46.jpg
  • US mentors living with Afghan National Army soldiers in a small "Qalat" rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
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  • Afghan National Army recruits practice urban warfare training at the KMTC (Kabul Military Training Center) with mentoring by American and members of the 41 nation International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition.  Most training is done by officers from the Afghan Army.  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • US mentors living with Afghan National Army soldiers in a small "Qalat" rented from a nearby village in Tagab Valley.  It is part of the counterinsurgency effort to connect with villagers, gather intelligence and provide local security.....Colonel Haynes said fixating solely on the enemy is a mistake.  His men are on the sharp end of the fight taking calculated risks as COIN doctrine prescribes.  The Marines' COIN strategies come from lessons learned by the French and British as well as their own history.  During the Vietnam War the Marines employed a similar COIN idea with some success known as "Combined Action Programs (CAP's)."  They lived in villages and fought alongside indigenous Vietnamese security forces.  Marine General Victor "Brute" Krulak defended the program and waged his own internal policy war with Army General Westmoreland.  Krulak lost his battle with Westmoreland who preferred massive firepower and body counts - a strategy that wreaked havoc on the civilian population.  ..
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  • The religious officer from the ANA 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, speaks with villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes was firm about the Afghan's potential indicating they inherently understand COIN.  The ANA is a national army with each unit strictly reflecting the ethnic make up of the nation.  Unlike foreign forces they speak the same languages, understand the culture and people.  Haynes stated, "Heck they even invented the corps religious officer who they use to relate to the people.  I never heard of it before, but I love it!"  Each ANA brigade deploys a religious officer, or mullah, who preaches to villagers the sins of supporting violent insurgent groups.   Unconventional innovative ideas like this are essential in COIN.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, gives pens and note books to children in Tagab Valley during an operation.....To win a counterinsurgency, Haynes says you have to transform the environment and set conditions for change.  If people see there is hope, something worth them risking their lives for, then an army can win.  He says, "You win them over, and they facilitate security pointing out the enemy. It is a symbiotic relationship."  ....
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, hands pens and note books to children in Tagab Valley during an operation.....To win a counterinsurgency, Haynes says you have to transform the environment and set conditions for change.  If people see there is hope, something worth them risking their lives for, then an army can win.  He says, "You win them over, and they facilitate security pointing out the enemy. It is a symbiotic relationship."  ....
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  • Afghan National Army soldiers in training at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC).  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • Village leader, Blia Shoua Her (center), holding an old American M-79 grenade launcher and surrounded by former Hmong fighters from the CIA's Secret Army, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 3, 2006.  Most of the men are from surrounding CIA Lima Sites 363, 319, 90 and 74.  The CIA established remoted jungle landing strips in Laos called Lima Sites to provide aerial supply to their Secret Army.  Ironically the Lao communist government now uses Lima Site 363 to supply its troops and to attack Blia Shoua Her and his men from the Secret Army...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**.The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • 80 year old, Blia Yang Fang, holds his battered American made AR-15 he used as part of the CIA Secret Army, near Vang Vieng Laos, July 3, 2006..  He fought for the French when they held Laos as a colony and later fought for the CIA working in demolition teams to sabotage the North Vietnamese Army invading Laos...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Soldiers rest in their abandoned village, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 2, 2006...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  The CIA trained and funded many Hmong hill tribes in Laos from 1961 to 1973 to fight communism.  The Hmong suffered massive casualties defending their homeland and rescuing US pilots.  When America withdrew from the conflict most Hmong were left alone to face the might of the North Vietnamese Army.  The Royal Lao Government fell to the communists and the Hmong became outcasts in the country they fought to defend.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN....
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  • Nang Li Hua, boils a wild plant from the jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 29, 2006.  The women and children hunt all day in the forest for wild roots and berries while the men do their best to protect them.  They usually spend about 18 hours per day just trying to find food and often go hungry.  They say the Lao army shoots at them so often they are unable to stay in one place to farm vegetables or livestock.  Many suffer digestive problems, malnutrition and starvation...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Chea Thaw with bloated stomach common to most children hiding in the jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 29, 2006.  The women and children hunt all day in the forest for wild roots and berries while the men do their best to protect them.  They usually spend about 18 hours per day just trying to find food and often go hungry.  They say the Lao army shoots at them so often they are unable to stay in one place to farm vegetables or livestock.  Many suffer digestive problems, malnutrition and starvation...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Hmong soldiers camped in the remote jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 26, 2006. ..**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  The CIA trained and funded many Hmong hill tribes in Laos from 1961 to 1973 to fight communism.  The Hmong suffered massive casualties defending their homeland and rescuing US pilots.  When America withdrew from the conflict most Hmong were left alone to face the might of the North Vietnamese Army.  The Royal Lao Government fell to the communists and the Hmong became outcasts in the country they fought to defend.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN....
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  • Sua Her, peels wild roots dug from the jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 28, 2006.  The women and children hunt all day in the forest for wild roots and berries while the men do their best to protect them.  They usually spend about 18 hours per day just trying to find food and often go hungry.  They say the Lao army shoots at them so often they are unable to stay in one place to farm vegetables or livestock.  Many suffer digestive problems, malnutrition and starvation...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
    Laos JungleHmong 16.jpg
  • Women and children wash wild roots dug from the jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 29, 2006.  The women and children hunt all day in the forest for wild roots and berries while the men do their best to protect them.  They usually spend about 18 hours per day just trying to find food and often go hungry.  They say the Lao army shoots at them so often they are unable to stay in one place to farm vegetables or livestock.  Many suffer digestive problems, malnutrition and starvation...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Young Hmong girls return with bamboo shoots for food, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 28, 2006.  The women and children hunt all day in the forest for wild roots and berries while the men do their best to protect them.  They usually spend about 18 hours per day just trying to find food and often go hungry.  They say the Lao army shoots at them so often they are unable to stay in one place to farm vegetables or livestock.  Many suffer digestive problems, malnutrition and starvation...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
    Laos JungleHmong 14.jpg
  • A young boy stands guard in the jungle while his group rests, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 30, 2006...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  The CIA trained and funded many Hmong hill tribes in Laos from 1961 to 1973 to fight communism.  The Hmong suffered massive casualties defending their homeland and rescuing US pilots.  When America withdrew from the conflict most Hmong were left alone to face the might of the North Vietnamese Army.  The Royal Lao Government fell to the communists and the Hmong became outcasts in the country they fought to defend.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN....
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  • Hua Li and Hmong soldiers cut through the jungle on their way to the site of the April 6th massacre, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 30, 2006...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  The CIA trained and funded many Hmong hill tribes in Laos from 1961 to 1973 to fight communism.  The Hmong suffered massive casualties defending their homeland and rescuing US pilots.  When America withdrew from the conflict most Hmong were left alone to face the might of the North Vietnamese Army.  The Royal Lao Government fell to the communists and the Hmong became outcasts in the country they fought to defend.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN....
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  • A plaque dedicated to Laos combat veterans from the CIA secret war, Arlington Cemetary, Virginia, USA,  August 17, 2006.  Approximately 20,000 to 30,000 Hmong were killed serving in the CIA secret army, some estimates put the figure much higher.  Approximately 200,000 Hmong Americans live now in the USA, many are refugees from the war.....  ..
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  • Afghan National Army soldiers in training at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC).  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • Afghan National Army soldiers in training at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC).  As of November 2008 the ANA was 68,000 soldiers strong and projected to reach 134,000 by 2012.  CSTC-A and the Kabul Military Training Institute continue to churn out a 1,200 battalion of soldiers every two weeks.
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  • A young boy stands guard in the jungle while his group rests, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 30, 2006...Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 1,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  The CIA trained and funded many Hmong hill tribes in Laos from 1961 to 1973 to fight communism.  The Hmong suffered massive casualties defending their homeland.  When America withdrew from the conflict most Hmong were left alone to face the might of the North Vietnamese Army.  The Royal Lao Government fell to the communists and the Hmong became outcasts in the country they fought to defend.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN.......
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  • Candidates for ANA officer cadet school take academic tests given by American, ISAF NATO, and Afghan soldiers at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), modeled on the US Military Academy at West Point.  Out of approximately 3,000 applicants only 300 are selected each year during three days of academics and fitness tests.  The first class will graduate in 2009 with four year degrees majoring in civil engineering, computer sciences and law.  By 2012 the campus will be housed in a new $150 - 200 million facility named the Afghan Defense University (ADU).  The school is run by Afghan instructors with mentors from the 41 nation coalition International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces.
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  • Candidates for ANA officer cadet school take fitness tests given by Turkish NATO soldiers at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), modeled on the US Military Academy at West Point.  Out of approximately 3,000 applicants only 300 are selected each year during three days of academics and fitness tests.  The first class will graduate in 2009 with four year degrees majoring in civil engineering, computer sciences and law.  By 2012 the campus will be housed in a new $150 - 200 million facility named the Afghan Defense University (ADU).  The school is run by Afghan instructors with mentors from ISAF NATO forces.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, use heavy construction equiptment to improve the road in Tagab Valley.....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, smokes a cigar at Camp Blackhorse.  His senior NCO, Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty, joked, "Cigars are his only weakness."
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley...US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley...US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, use heavy construction equiptment to improve the road in Tagab Valley.....One of the main strategies is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, distribute free humanitarian assistance to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley...US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • ANA soldiers work on a DShK Russian heavy machine gun while advisors US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (right) and Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (center rear) look on from an ANA observation post above the Tagab Valley.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, provide free medical care to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, on a ridge overlooking the Tagab Valley. ..  ..One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • Candidates for ANA officer cadet school take academic tests given by American, ISAF NATO, and Afghan soldiers at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), modeled on the US Military Academy at West Point.  Out of approximately 3,000 applicants only 300 are selected each year during three days of academics and fitness tests.  The first class will graduate in 2009 with four year degrees majoring in civil engineering, computer sciences and law.  By 2012 the campus will be housed in a new $150 - 200 million facility named the Afghan Defense University (ADU).  The school is run by Afghan instructors with mentors from the 41 nation coalition International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces.
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  • ANA soldiers work on a DShK Russian heavy machine gun while advisors US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (right) and Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (center rear) look on from an ANA observation post above the Tagab Valley.
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  • US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (left) and Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (right) overlooking the Tagab Valley from an ANA observation post...   ..Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, with advisors and Afghan villagers crossing a bridge entering the Tagab Valley.   ....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes (Center), Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, with ANA advisors departing on a mission from Camp Blackhorse.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, provide free medical care to villagers during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes and Afghan Major General Wardak, 201 Corps Commander (bottom left), salute US Marines during the Marine Corps Birthday ceremony at Camp Black Horse Afghanistan.
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  • ANA soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, use heavy construction equiptment to improve the road in Tagab Valley.....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, looking down on Kabul from a Black Hawk helicopter while returning from a counterinsurgency meeting at Bagram Air Base.  He met with Generals from the Afghan, Pakistan and US militaries.
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, (left) and US Marine Sgt Major Patrick Dougherty (center) with ANA Sgt Major Armanzi inspecting ANA progress in the Tagab Valley.  In the back ground is heavy equiptment used to grade the road.   ....One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • US Marine Colonel Jeff Haynes, Commanding Officer, 201st Regional Corps Advisory Command, on a ridge overlooking the Naghlu reservoir and the road leading into the Tagab Valley. ..  ..One of the main tactics is a new road through Tagab Valley that will allow traffic to bypass Kabul providing a more direct link between Pakistan and destinations north including Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.....To win the Tagab Valley, Colonel Haynes said, "The creeping barrage of goodness, really centers on the road going up the valley, because then you can begin development projects and increase prosperity.  The cab fare for villagers went from $8 down to $1 just because the ANA graded the road."  As the ANA move north through the valley they are building combat outposts to sustain the gains.  Haynes confirmed this is an ANA campaign - the first of its kind - his soldiers are mentoring the ANA, there are no coalition troops.  ..
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  • An ANA soldier from 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, drinks water from a new well during an operation in Tagab Valley.....Colonel Haynes said the battle plan, "The creeping barrage of goodness," to win the hearts and minds of the Tagab Valley includes: a paved road, wells, radio stations, solar power, humanitarian aid, and medical outreach.  Agricultural development teaching how to package goods, and pruning techniques to increase crop yields.  Saffron cultivation started too, as a replacement to poppy.  More projects like schools and police checkpoints will follow as resources allow...
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • US Special Forces mentor Afghan Commandos at Camp Morehead, Rish Khvor, Afghanistan.  The camp was a former training facility for the Soviet Army and later the Taliban.
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  • Candidates for ANA officer cadet school take academic tests given by American, ISAF NATO, and Afghan soldiers at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), modeled on the US Military Academy at West Point.  Out of approximately 3,000 applicants only 300 are selected each year during three days of academics and fitness tests.  The first class will graduate in 2009 with four year degrees majoring in civil engineering, computer sciences and law.  By 2012 the campus will be housed in a new $150 - 200 million facility named the Afghan Defense University (ADU).  The school is run by Afghan instructors with mentors from the 41 nation coalition International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces.
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  • Tou Ger Thao, on crutches after being shot in the leg, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 28, 2006.  His message to the world,  " I am a Hmong civilian.  I was attack by the communist troops on the 9th of October, 2005.  One of my companions by the name of Long and I were out to catch some fish at the in the forest.  We came under fire by the communist troop.  My companion, Long Thao, was killed while I was injured on my leg.  The communist troops came from the military encampment at Tin Oung.  Roughly 20 men attacked the two of us so my companion was killed.  My leg was broken and it has been nine months now that I am unable to walk.  ..I am pleading to the America, leader of the world, to come and save our lives.  We have been under constant attack by the communist military for 30 years now and we are perishing.  The majority of our population had been killed leaving a small number of us survivors.  Among the survivors, the majority of us have wounds and some are blind.  So I am asking you America, the world leader, to come save us and bring us medicines to treat us and food to feed us Hmong trapped in the jungle.  We have not committed any crime but being hunted down by the communist Lao.  We are near the edge of perished so I am asking you, America, to save our lives."  ...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .These pictures are from a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.
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  • Ms. Khoua Lee, only a teenager, shows her injuries, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 3, 2006.  She told me her story of being ambushed by Laos Government soldiers on July 15, 2003.  She says they shot her in the face and hand before she was able to escape.  Tears trickled down her face over the scare that reached from her mouth almost to her ear...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Jo Vong Thaw, holds a rat he caught for food bare handed, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 30, 2006.  The Hmong hiding in the jungle are near starvation in many cases, surviving on any wild plants or animals they can scavenge.  Many suffer digestive problems, malnutrition and starvation...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Ms. Mee Moua Vang, with her baby, Li Cheng Vang, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 4, 2006.  Her message  to the world, "My husband and two older daughters were killed by the communist while foraging for food.  My daughter Blee was attacked by the communist where her guts were sticking out and I was unable to help her so she died.  I miss her very much.  I am desperately suffering here with no help.  I ask you to come in and save us.  Bring us food."..**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**
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  • Ms. Mee Moua Vang, pleads for help, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 4, 2006.  Her message  to the world, "My husband and two older daughters were killed by the communist while foraging for food.  My daughter Blee was attacked by the communist where her guts were sticking out and I was unable to help her so she died.  I miss her very much.  I am desperately suffering here with no help.  I ask you to come in and save us.  Bring us food."..**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**
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  • Blia Shoua Her (center standing), and some of his group, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 4, 2006.  He apologized to me that more of his 500 people could not be present for a village portrait as they were too busy and desperate out searching for food in the jungle.  ..**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Tong Fang, lays on the shallow grave of his wife mourning her loss, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 1, 2006.  When we reached the site of the massacre Tong Fang fell onto the grave wrapping himself in her clothing riddled with bullet holes.  Tong was totally inconsolable.  He was an armed escort to the women and children hunting for food on April 6th, and was wounded, but his young wife was cut down by bullets and died in his arms.  His message to the Lao Government is, "Our people are innocent civilians.  We had not commited any crimes.  Why did you kill our unarmed women and children?"..**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**.The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN.  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..
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  • As we approached the site of the April 6th massacre one soldier, Song Yee Thao, screamed and began to cry, then many of the others joined in mourning, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 30, 2006.  Group leader, Blia Shoua Her, in background...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Tong Hua Her, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 29, 2006.  Half of Tong's face is missing from a bullet wound leaving him blind in one eye with his nasal cavity exposed.  His father and group leader, Blia Shoua Her yelled, "Communist!  Communist do this!"  His father says on July 15, 2003, Tong and some family were ambushed by Communist Lao troops who were on patrol...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Lia Pao Yang, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 27, 2006.  His message to the world,  "I am Lia Pao Yang.  I am twenty years of age this year.  I want to assure you that I have not shot at anybody nor had I committed any crime, or stolen anything, but the cruel communist Lao had targeted to kill me.  On the 23rd of September, 2001 the communist Lao set a landmine on my farm of cassava so I stepped on it and lost my leg.  Along with that, in 2002 when my family relocated to Black Mountain (Pha Lai), the communist troops fired mortar at my family killing my wife and son.  We are innocent civilians.  We have not done anything wrong to the communist but have been targeted by them.  Please come to rescue us."..**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**.The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN.  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..
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  • Song Tua Ya, carries his AK47 and young son while maintaining village security, near Vang Vieng, Laos, July 4, 2006...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .Pictured are a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.  The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people pictured have hidden in remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle. Most have not seen the modern world.  Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they are not part of the Hmong resistance and want peace.  He claims they are just civilians defending their families, hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Left, Mee Moua Vang, with family infront of their make shift home, near Vang Vieng, Laos, June 28, 2006.  Her message  to the world, "My husband and two older daughters were killed by the communist while foraging for food.  My daughter Blee was attacked by the communist where her guts were sticking out and I was unable to help her so she died.  I miss her very much.  I am desperately suffering here with no help.  I ask you to come in and save us.  Bring us food."...**EXCLUSIVE, no tabloids without permission**  .These pictures are from a group of Hmong people who report an attack against them April 6, 2006 by Lao and Vietnamese military forces.  26 people perished, 5 were injured, and 5 babies died shortly after because their dead mothers could not breast-feed them.  Only one adult male was killed, the other 25 victims were women and children (17 children).  The Lao Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says this is a fabrication, an investigation has been completed, and there was no attack.   The Hmong group says no officials have interviewed witnesses or visited the crime scene, a point the Lao Spokesman did not deny.  ..The Hmong people in these pictures have been hiding in the remote mountains of Laos for more than 30 years, afraid to come out.  At least 12,000 are estimated to exist. Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks.  Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.  The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening.  The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her, says they want peace, and are just civilians defending their families hoping to surrender to the UN..
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  • Anti government protestors clash with Army troops in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, April 10, 2010.  Pictured is Connor Purcell in an ambulance at the Democracy Monument after Red Shirt protesters clashed with the Thai Army.  He is wearing a red "Truth Today" shirt common attire with the protest movement.
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  • Red Shirt anti government protestors clash with Army troops in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, April 10, 2010
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  • Red Shirt anti government protestors clash with Army troops in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, April 10, 2010
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  • Red Shirt anti government protestors clash with Army troops in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, April 10, 2010
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  • Red Shirt anti government protestors clash with Army troops in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, April 10, 2010
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