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Separating the People from the Taliban is the new catchphrase of Obama's presidency. But knowing who the Taliban are, and countering their influence over the local Afghans, is easier said than done.

'You have to decide what side you're on' says an Afghan army officer to a group of villagers. The constant cross-fire in their villages is making their lives unbearable. 'The Taliban want you to think it's us shooting at you, and now they're shooting at us to turn us against you' says one villager. His wife was killed by a Taliban bullet. 'Somebody in your villages knows what's going on' accuses one soldier. Caught in the middle, the villagers struggle to find a safe path. They put it very simply, 'The Americans' job is to give us security' 'and they should do it'. How can these local Afghans openly support the Americans, and their own government, when they have to face the Taliban at night?

May 2009

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  • Look at the body language of the villagers. An American telling them what to do in their own country. Go back home, they are not red Indians they are Afghans the blood suckers of invaders.

  • American soldiers are so arrogant. Why must they speak so condescendingly to the villagers? I would love to see how Americans would react to a similar situation on their own land.

    This is why you can't declare war on a tactic.

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  • American soldiers blow up and kill innocents in Afghanistan all the time. They try to justify it claiming the enemy is in the villages. So who is really committing terrorism?

  • there is no such thing as "taliban" the talis are just people who are tired of being invaded, its a militia a group of civilians forming thier own army to defend thier own town/family/crops/ not a secret army with hidden planes hauling in rpg7 and weapons all day long, so as long as we are in afganistan, there will be "taliban"

  • are these marines MARSOC?

  • @ChumbaGul im sure you would like that you pakistani piece of shit, go back to your stupid sharia law and islam or else we'll fucking nuke your shitty excuse of a country

  • fuck off  u isaf terrorist

    leave afghanistan

    go back

  • leave afghan in peace? what PEACE?

  • lol at 4:05 the guy say crap in spanish

  • the yankees are in new york prick

  • Is it just me or were the U.S soldiers who were present at the meeting too rough on the Afgan elders?

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