Battle in Kandahar
Allauddin Khan / AP
Kandahar, May 8, 2011
An Afghan border police officer fires at Taliban fighters who are hidden in the white building across the street. For 30 hours over May 78, 2011, Afghan security forces battled Taliban fighters near the downtown of the city.
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