Spc. Shane Sanders, left, and Staff Sgt. Kevin Perkins looks through a scope at the Mizan Valley in Zabul Province, Afghanistan | Peter Haley / Tacoma News Tribune/MCT
At Southern Afghan Outpost, U.S. Soldiers Prepare For Transition -- McClatchy News
MIZAN, Afghanistan — Last year, Taliban threats and buried roadside bombs kept farmers from selling their fruit at marketplaces outside this small community in southern Afghanistan. Similar intimidation stopped residents from sending their children to school or attending their bazaar.
Change has come slowly, but the road is now open and ready for harvest traffic this fall. So is the Mizan bazaar. Children, including girls, are learning to read at a mosque while the district governor negotiates a deal to open five schools.
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