United States Army 10th Mountain Division soldier Jorge Avino from
Miami, Florida carves the body count that their mortar team has chalked
up on a rock, March 9, 2002 near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak
and Bobelkiel, in Afghanistan. The team said they have killed 40 plus
people, hit 12 vehicles and destroyed 1 mortar team near the villages
were an al Qaeda and Taliban stronghold came under intense bombing and
firefights as the coalition forces battled to root them out.
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