BRILLIANT NY TIMES VIDEO: U.S. MARINES TRY TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH "LOCALS" IN KORANGAL VALLEY AFGHANISTAN

The biggest problem U.S. forces have to face in Afghanistan is how to make friends with the "local" residents of the area where they are conducting operations searching for the Taliban. In this video you see U.S. Marines attempting to win over the confidence of elders deep in the Korangal Valley of Afghanistan.

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