A U.S. soldier from Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment enters a house looking for Taliban weapons in the village of Pashmul, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. President Obama is expected to announce up to 35,000 more troops for Afghanistan in coming weeks. Most of them will likely be deployed in Kandahar and other southern provinces in an effort to stem the worsening Taliban insurgency. Nov. 24, 2009. DREW BROWN/STARS AND STRIPES