AdvertisementObama Plans To Leave Residual Force Of 9,800 In AfghanistanMay 27, 2014Eyder PeraltafacebookEmailSgt. Kyle Gonzales, a sniper with the 82nd Airborne, has a cigarette after a gun battle near the village of Babaker, Giro district, Ghazni province. The soldiers have engaged in gun battles every time they push into the hamlets north of their forward operating base. (NPR)