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U.S. soldier in 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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U.S. soldier in Afghanistan
A U.S soldier stands guard in Ghazni city west of Kabul, in October 2007.
Photo by MOHAMMAD YAQUBI/AFP/Getty Images