Kandahar campaign in final stages’

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US military commanders have said the Kandahar campaign is in its final stages, and the debate over the success of the campaign has already begun. But troops on the ground are withholding their verdict � they’re still in the middle of very dangerous territory, fighting an often unseen foe. Ben Gilbert reports.

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