ISAF troops begin phased security transition to Afghan forces

ISAF troops begin phased security transition to Afghan forces

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - Police officers patrol around the venue of a ceremony marking the start of a phased handover of security affairs from International Security Assistance Force troops to local forces, in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan Province on July 17, 2011.

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