Donkeys step in as U.S. helicopters leave Afghanistan
Posted: November 11, 2012 at 2:11 a.m.
Before U.S. forces arrived in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the instruments of war were rudimentary things: mud-brick outposts and aging Kalashnikovs. The American invasion carried with it a shiny arsenal of 21st-century technology, including advanced helicopters to navigate the treacherous landscape.
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