News from Afghanistan
A U.S soldier stands guard in Ghazni city west of Kabul, in October 2007.
Photo by MOHAMMAD YAQUBI/AFP/Getty Images
Reporter Elizabeth Rubin spent time with a company of soldiers fighting insurgents in Afghanistan.
She found a complicated balance between attacking and earning the trust of the people who live in the middle of a war zone.
Midmorning also speaks with an Afghanistan analyst on his recent trip to the eastern part of the country.
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