Afghan Police, NATO and Taliban Struggle To Control Kandahar
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US soldiers gather at the entrance of an anti-mortar shell shelter as smoke rises at the impact site of a mortar shell during an attack on the US base in Kandahar province on August 12, 2010
( YURI CORTEZ/AFP / Getty )
( YURI CORTEZ/AFP / Getty )