Afghanistan: Inside the Battle for Hearts and Minds

The Battle for Afghanistan: A Tale of Soldiers and a School
Adam Ferguson / VII Mentor for TIME

Difficulties
In their efforts, the soldiers of the 1/12 were routinely forced to fend off small arms fire and other ordinance launched at them by the Taliban. The mission in Senjaray, however, was not focused so much on finding and killing the enemy as it was on working with the local population.

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