(12 Mar 2002)
1. Wide of airfield at Kandahar air base
2. Wide of troops walking across tarmac
3. Truck with equipment
4. Various of troops walking over tarmac
5. Troops standing at ease, waiting for orders
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Private First Class Kevin Jones, 101st Airborne Division, from South Haven, Michigan:
"I’m happy to be back to Kandahar actually. I’m just happy to be back. I’m grateful to be back to the camp; to be where’s it’s warm. It’s kind of cold up there where I was."
7. Various of troops unpacking equipment
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Specialist James Copeland, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Worth Texas:
"I’m not really at liberty to say what my real thoughts are. I’m happy to be alive. I can say that I’m happy to be alive.
9. Troops carrying kit
10. Various of troops standing with rucksacks on their backs
11. Rear view of troops walking away
STORYLINE:
Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division began returning to Kandahar air base on Tuesday, after seeing combat in operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan.
Approximately 100 soldiers were due to return on Tuesday and more were expected in the next few days.
By the end of the week, the 101st Airborne division is expected to return all of its troops to Kandahar.
The forces were replaced by hundreds more allied Afghan fighters for what commanders described as a final push to eradicate Taliban and al-Qaida fighters hunkered down for a last stand in eastern Afghanistan’s mountains.
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