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About 20,000 extra troops to augment NATO force in bid to tackle insurgency.  Bob Strong / Reuters Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 6-4 Cavalry fire their weapons on a practice range at Forward Operating Base Bostick in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday. |