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Taliban Challenge U.S. in Eastern Afghanistan
Michael Kamber for The red-hot York Times
A component of the 101st Airborne Division, on a Dec. 15 burster to flush the Taliban protrude of Jumah Kala, a village of about 1,000 passel in a strategically vital part of Afghanistans east.
By RAY RIVERA
Published: December 25, 2010
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LinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink. JUMAH KALA, Afghanistan â€" The villagers gat here(predicate)d on mounds of dirt to watch as the American armored vehicles roll in. The streets were narrow and banked by high mud walls; the bulky vehicles could but squeeze through. The villagers had not seen a concretion patrol here in at least two years, they told the American commandant as he stepped out to greet them.

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Michael Kamber for The New York Times
Ghazni Province residents waiting as American soldiers handed out radios and books.
And how long has it been since youve seen the governor? the commander, Capt. Aaron T. Schwengler, asked the villagers as they crowded around him.

hug drug years, one man said through an interpreter.

But the villagers do see the Taliban, and on a nightly basis.



Insurgent leaders here and in many of the other small realm villages that dot much of the Andar District in Ghazni, one of Afghanistans more troubled provinces, have filled the void odd by the governing body. They settle land and water disputes and dictate tutor curriculums. They issue curfews and order local residents, by way of night letters, not to talk to foreign forces.

It is in this environment that coalition forces must try to persuade villagers to trust a government they seldom see, and to help coalition forces root out the Taliban at great personal risk.

While American-led NATO forces have claimed gains in the gray provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, this strategically vital part of Afghanistans east, at the...If you demand to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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