U.S. Marine Pvt Heinrich Mokofisi, of the 2nd MEB, 1/5 Marines, H & S Company, 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 Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Two war journalists talk about the war in Afghanistan
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A new poll of people in Afghanistan suggests a majority support increased troop numbers there. Two journalists who covered conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan talk about the challenges of working in Afghanistan and what the next stage of troop buildup will do.
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John Burns: London bureau chief for the New York Times. He won a Pulitzer prize in 1997 for his reporting on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.
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Rajiv Chandrasekaran: Washington Post Senior Correspondent. He's the author of "Imperial Life in the Emerald City," the 2006 account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone.
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