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Top US Commander in Afghanistan keeps getting beaten by 'xxTAliBan_br0_69' in call of duty

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BAGRAM AIRFIELD — The commander of US Forces Afghanistan has been unable to beat a fellow gamer named 'xxTAliBan_br0_69' in the video game series Call of Duty despite playing against him for years, sources confirmed today.

Gen. John Nicholson has been facing off against xxTAliBan_br0_69 online since at least the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops III in 2015, but even with the release of Infinite Warfare in 2016 he has yet to score a victory.

"xxTAliBan_br0_69 probably had his training funded by the US military or something, because he's just too good," Nicholson said as a sniper felled his character, “4starz_4lyfe.”

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