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Looking for the Good Guys in Afghanistan's Badlands

American forces try out new approaches against insurgents in forbidding Kunar province

Posted February 14, 2008
Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Slothower (left) and 1st Lt. Alexander Thurman talk with young Afghans in a remote area of Kunar province.

Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Slothower (left) and 1st Lt. Alexander Thurman talk with young Afghans in a remote area of Kunar province. (Philip Smucker for USN&WR)

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