US Army soldiers assigned to the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device(CIED) route clearance unit, pull security under a destroyed bridge while waiting for the arrival of a team of army engineers that will place a temporary bridge after insurgents detonated a large explosive device under the bridge, near the town of Maidan Shar, Wardak province, Afghanistan Monday Nov. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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Official: Afghan buildup involves 30,000 troops

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