A lineup of U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker planes seen at the Manas air base in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Feb. 18, 2009. Kyrgyzstan ordered U.S. forces on Friday to depart within six months from an air base key to military operations in Afghanistan, complicating plans to send more troops to battle rising Taliban and al-Qaida violence.
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