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Reax as Obama, Karzai discuss plan to expand US military presence; US troops
Bagram Airfield, north of Kabul - 30 November 2009
1. US soldiers stationed in US military base receiving training on using machine gun
2. Close of machine gun
3. Wide of training session
4. Instructor talking to soldier
5. Various shots...
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Italian Defence Minister meets Afghan President
Herat, March 31st, 2005
1. Italian soldiers marching with Italian, United States and Afghan flags in ceremony to mark the United States handing over leadership of the Provincial Reconstruction Team to Italy
2. Close-up flags
3. Soldiers...
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US Marines in action during Operation Moshtarak
1. US Marines knocking over boulders by kicking and pushing them over during offensive
2. US Marines lying down in a field with their machine guns
3. US Marines firing at Taliban fighters
4. US Marine walking past camera as other Marines...
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Preview to Pakistan's president visit to US, first meeting with US president
Islamabad - 4 May 2009
1. Wide of Presidential Palace
2. Mid of flags on top of palace
Islamabad - 27 April 2009
3. Wide of meeting between Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and journalists
4. Mid of Zardari
5. Wide of Zardari...
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NATO Secretary General meets Pakistan PM and FM
1. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Kasuri and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer walking into news conference
2. Journalists at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Khursheed...
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WRAP Breakfast meeting ADDS foreign ministers attend regional summit
1. Officials entering summit hall
2. British Foreign Minister David Miliband takes his seat
3. Flags of (left to right) Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran
4. Wide of meeting
5. Mid of Afghan President Hamid Karzai
6. Mid of of...
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WRAP Relatives at memorial, protest calls for US help, appeal to Islamic leaders
Seongnam city
1. Pull-out from close-up of picture of Shim Sung-min, the second South Korean hostage killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, to wide of memorial altar at Seoul National University Bundang hospital in Seongnam city
2....
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Afghan donor's conference
1. Wide shot interior conference
2. Arrival of Afghan President Hamid Karzai
3. Wide shot delegates sitting down
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Gerhard Schroeder, German Chancellor
"Your decision, President Karzai, to move the election to...
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Tribal leaders demand US stops bombing their positions
Kabul - December 27
1. Tribal leaders seated behind table with spokesman Abdul Hakim Munir speaking (on far left)
2. UPSOUND (English) translator (off camera)
"Paktia province tribal council and the authorities ask that the bombing...
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US Deputy Defence Secretary on tour of military projects, aid distribution
Kabul - 15 January 2003
1. Wide shot of construction at Kabul's Rabia Balkhi women's hospital, which is being restored with US army expertise and US money
2. Various shots of construction
3. US soldiers at site
4. US Deputy Defence...
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AP cover of Bush arrival for summit, photo-op with Mubarak
1. Various of Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh
2. Wide of Air Force One on the runway
3. US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush waving at top of plane steps, walking down steps and greeting Egyptian President Hosni...
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Presidential spksman talking about future relations with US
1. Wide of presidential palace security tower, Afghanistan flag on top
2. Afghan Presidential spokesman, Humayun Hamidzada, talking to reporter
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Humayun Hamidzada, Afghan Presidential spokesman:
"Well, as a...
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ISAF commander claims warlord is linked to al-Qaida
1. ISAF commander Turkish Major-General Hilmi Akin Zorlu seated at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Major-General Hilmi Akin Zorlu, ISAF commander:
"Taliban and al-Qaida members have been seeking for some opportunities to conduct...
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WRAP Obama addresses troops, State Dep, analyst on Afghanistan deliberations
Anchorage, Alaska - 12 November 2009
1. US President Barack Obama walking on stage
2. Cutaway of soldiers holding up cameras trying to get a picture of Obama
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Today we gather here at...
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Locals react to visit of presidential hopeful Barack Obama
19 July 2008
1. Various of vehicles being checked at police security checkpoint
2. Various of police searching passengers
17 July 2008
3. Wide exterior pan of Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs building
4. Mid shot of Afghan Foreign...
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President Karzai meets German Defence Minister, news conf
1. Wide of meeting between Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai meeting with German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung
2. Close of Jung
3. Close of Karzai
4. Mid of Jung and Karzai sitting together
5. Close of Afghan and Germany flags...
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Independence Day celebration, Karzai, military parade
1. President Hamid Karzai arriving, waving and sitting down with other dignitaries
2. Wide of audience and attendees
3. Various of the independence day parade with military personnel marching past
4. Karzai clapping and making gestures...
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Aftermath of militant, police battle; security; damage, MP sot
Taliban militants struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Monday, launching attacks on key government targets in a clear sign the insurgents plan to escalate their fight as the US and its allies ramp up a campaign to end the war....
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Opium burned, Eide says focus should be less military driven
1. Wide of crowd gathered at hilly area to view burning of narcotics
2. Close-up of poppy pods in sack
3. Various of officials pouring fuel over narcotics haul
4. Wide of pile of bags and truck
5. Various of narcotics on fire
6. General...
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Pakistan interior minister meets Karzai
1. Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao (left) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sitting down
2. Karzai
3. Afghan officials
4. Sherpao
5. Pakistani officials
6. Sherpao greeted by Afghan schoolgirls
7. Sherpao unveils plaque...
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WRAP Clinton and Gates, AP cover of McChrystal
Washington, DC - 2 December, 2009
1. Various shots of Congressional hearing attended by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Admiral Mike Mullen
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Gates, US...
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UK PM Cameron visits Helmand province, meets governor
1. Wide of helicopter transporting British Prime Minister David Cameron landing
2. Wide of Cameron and officials walking out
3. Cameron greeting Governor of Helmand Province Gulab Mangal, helicopter taking off in background
4. Wide of...
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Newly built Kabul Kandahar highway to open on Tuesday
15 December 2003
1. Various aerials of the Kandahar-Kabul road
2. Various of traffic on the road
3. Sign reading Kabul-Kandahar Highway
4. Road with children looking on
5. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Vox Pop:
" The best thing about this road is...
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Arrival of defence minister, meets Karzai, joint-presser
1. Military airplane taxis in
2. Various ISAF soldiers at airport
3. French defence minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, arriving, saluted by soldier
4. Alliot-Marie walking around, inspecting French troops
5. French soldiers in tanks...