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BATTLE FOR KANDAHAR IS ON – Real News Network
In Afghanistan, the battle for Kandahar is on. That’s receiving strangely little attention in the American media—quite low-key if you compare it to other major American campaigns in Afghanistan. Joining us from England, from Essex, is Muhammad Junaid, who’s a research scholar studying the Pashtun nation. Thanks for joining us, Junaid.