Hot Zone Update: Afghanistan
U.S. troops see conflict every week at a base in eastern Afghanistan hemmed in by mountains.
By Kevin Sites, Fri Sep 21, 1:08 PM ET
Global conflicts continue to rage around the world; though we can't cover all of them at the same time, we're committed to keeping you informed by bringing you timely updates from sources we trust, including journalistic colleagues and freelancers.
This week we're featuring the work of a tireless freelance correspondent named Doug Grindle, who has made his primary focus the coverage of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Grindle usually spends eight weeks in each of the theaters of operation filing television reports for local broadcast affiliates around the country. Learn more about Grindle here.
We asked him to file this report from eastern Afghanistan, where U.S. troops at a base near the border with Pakistan say foreigners are paying locals to attack the Americans — an offer hard to resist for many impoverished Afghans in the area.
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