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KHAKI JABBAR, AFGHANISTAN -
In their largest deployment since WWII, these soldiers are in the middle of a historic deployment that has them mentoring and retraining the Afghan National Police and National Army.
It's an effort aimed at helping the people of that impoverished country to begin taking charge of their own security, setting the stage for America and its coalition allies to withdraw.
In part one of a six-part Special Report, Negovan takes us along with members of the Illinois Guard's 'Task Force Phoenix' on a humanitarian aid mission to the remote village of Khaki Jabbar.
School supplies donated from all over the United States are delivered to eager Afghan children, only to be burned minutes later by supporters of the Taliban.
It's an effort aimed at helping the people of that impoverished country to begin taking charge of their own security, setting the stage for America and its coalition allies to withdraw.
In part one of a six-part Special Report, Negovan takes us along with members of the Illinois Guard's 'Task Force Phoenix' on a humanitarian aid mission to the remote village of Khaki Jabbar.
School supplies donated from all over the United States are delivered to eager Afghan children, only to be burned minutes later by supporters of the Taliban.
