Pfc. Kyle Garcia from Ridgefield, Wash. , from left, Spc. Steven Galvin from Holstein, Iowa, Staff Sgt. Michael Bruzeis from Secaucus, N.J. , Cpl. Brandon Sutton from Robards Ky. , Pfc. Nikolai Starr from San Antonio, Texas, and PV2 Thomas Alexander from Poughkeepsie, N.Y. , of the 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry pose for pictures with a Christmas message at Combat Out Post Badel in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010.







France's Defence Minister Alain Juppe is pictured with a pakol offered by soldiers of Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Surobi province as he visits French soldiers for Christmas on December 25, 2010. Around 113,000 international troops are in Afghanistan under US and NATO command to help keep Karzai's vulnerable government in power.


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