1. Deep in Taliban country, U.S. troops are shadowed by a photojournalist
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The Army had this elaborate plan to find the caves. Dozens of soldiers would be dropped via helicopter into an isolated valley in Taliban country, each carrying enough equipment, food, and water for several ...

2. Writing from Afghanistan: On a camel caravan
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The Americans left the earthen walls of their base around dawn, taking a left on the dusty unpaved path that runs right outside, in the direction of the border with Pakistan. But they weren't going that ...

3. At an outpost in Afghanistan, conditions are sparse despite technology
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The U.S. Army has some of the most modern military technology in the world. Yet come to Combat Outpost Zerok, nestled in the remote mountains of Paktika province, Afghanistan, and very little of that ...

4. Journal from Afghanistan: An enormous undertaking in 'our name'
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Everyone is asking me if things have changed in Afghanistan since 2002, when I was last here. Of course it's a too-simple question, with a non-answer: they have, and they haven't. Kabul for instance is ...