(31 Dec 2010)
1. Close of sign reading (English) "Happy New Year 2011"
2. Wide pan from sign to US soldiers sitting in canteen
3. Various of US soldiers singing karaoke
4. Wide of soldiers in canteen
5. Various of soldiers playing board games
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergeant Brandon Voss, US soldier:
"Well it's not the best thing in the world. It would be nice to be home with your family and friends, partying. But celebrating things like this and having parties just helps us out a little bit, feeling a bit at home and let us feel like we're enjoying the time here when we can."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Hulscher, US soldier:
"My family, hey - I love you guys. I miss you. I'm thinking of you and I'll be home soon."
8. Various of party
9. Close of soldier kissing another soldier and saying happy new year
STORYLINE:
US soldiers serving in Afghanistan's capital Kabul gathered on Friday to celebrate the New Year, with many sending best wishes back to their families.
This year has been by far the deadliest for foreign troops since the the 2001 US-led invasion.
702 foreign troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2010, compared to 504 the previous year.
In an end-of-year review of the US strategy in the country, the Obama administration cited advances in its push against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, but acknowledged that while Taliban momentum has been stopped or reversed in some areas, "gains remain fragile and reversible."
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