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U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, shield themselves from the dust as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, June 18, 2006. U.S. troops took positions atop a mountain ridge in southern Afghanistan on Sunday to cut off key transport routes as part of a major anti-Taliban offensive that has killed scores of suspected militants in recent days. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)