Photo: #U.S. Marine Pvt Heinrich Mokofisi takes a position, as Afghan men pass by in a tractor trailer, during a Marine patrol with Afghan Army soldiers, near Faqairan village, Nawa district, in southern Afghanistan.
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U.S. Marine Pvt Heinrich Mokofisi takes a position, as Afghan men pass by in a tractor trailer, during a Marine patrol with Afghan Army soldiers, near Faqairan village, Nawa district, in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Taking on the Taliban

Broadcast: Midday, 11/04/2009, 12:00 p.m.

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As President Barack Obama considers a new strategy in Afghanistan, a new documentary from America Abroad explores the current counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan, the history of U.S. policy there, and the fight against terrorism across the border in Pakistan. The documentary is called, "Taking on the Taliban."

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