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Next US target: The birthplace of the Taliban (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

Afghan Army soldiers, pictured at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, operated jointly by the Afghan Army's 1st Battalion of the 3rd Brigade and the U.S. Army 2- 502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. The 101st Airborne's 2-502 and their Afghan Army partners operate in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)AP - As Lt. Col. Peter N. Benchoff prepares for an assault next month into the birthplace of the Taliban, he doesn’t sugarcoat the hurdles his troops face in this crucial swath of southern Afghanistan.


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