| Table of Contents: | | | | GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS : AP, Afghanistan, NATO, Pakistan, United States | | | | TOPICS : politics, social, ethnic, government, guerrillas, military, security, war | | | | SIGNIFICANCE : As Afghanistan's Pashtun political and cultural heartland, Kandahar is the decisive battleground for southern Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama is considering sending thousands more US troops to the provinc |
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