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Inner city community. >> in terms of this check point. we were at a police substation. they have a different mission. theyre static. theyre there. theyre a resource to the community. youre here to stop traffic and check it. what are you looking for? how do you know if a person youre stopping is trouble? >> you never know. theres indicators. you try to look for multiple military age males or a vehicle weighed down or a vehicle acting erratically. immediate indicators to trigger you to stop them a...

Forgive me. it sounds like were talking about details of the local police operation. ultimately this is the success of the war. >> partnership. >> you guys come in here and you do what the military of america is capable of doing, unparallel to anywhere in the world. you work with well trained national afghan security. we train them into policing good behavior. then we hope to enable and facilitate that the afghan police will be doing this job after we leave. >> absolutely. >> thats the success o...

>> this is the main road that cuts from southwest kandahar city all the way up to highway 1, dead center of kandahar city. they are two regions where theres been a lot of fighting and insurgency. so whats the mission of this check point and of the other three check points that you lead? >> so, its in my area of operations here in sub district 7, each check point is strategically placed on a main route in and out of the city with a purpose of interdicting or disrupting the freedom of movement of ...

By afghans only, amp only and this working? >> ten months ago, i would have said absolutely not. working with a and a and amp, to see the progression they made is incredible. >> through training? >> through training. they are reluctant without our technology and weaponry. by the time we left, they would go out without us and tell us about it later. they dont -- they needed the confidence boost to go out independently. we were able to accomplish that. i dont think it will be different here. >> ag...

Anythings happened to you guys its hurting us either. >> will the check point cut down on suicide bombers or only attract them? [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: the check point can prevent the suicide bomber, behe says sometimes they are on the side of the road. they can come over there and blast over there. >> is the taliban very strong here? what is the taliban like? >> translator: there is no taliban, but sometimes the suicide bomber comes here. explosives and everything. theres n...

That right? >> thats right. >> how far out does it start from here? >> you can see it from here. that bridge where that bus is. >> i see. right here. >> thats it. >> its famous in the states now. people know about how much fighting is going on there. the role of this check point is to stop the trouble from becoming the trouble in kandahar city? >> exactly. >> we are at check point 74 on the southwest side of kandahar city. there will be 13 of them ringing the city. disrupt the freedom of movemen...

Thanks for your time, appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> this is a nice paved road. this is heading out of kandahar city. >> yes. >> where does it go? >> toward panjaway. >> theres been a lot of fighting there. whats the mission of this check point and of the other three check points you lead? >> its in my area of operations here. each of the check points is placed on the main route of the city. without disrupting the movement into kandahar city or out. we can be the outer gate. if they want to co...

Of them. they are just getting set up. >> you should have seen it a week ago. there was nothing here. >> because this is brand-new, locals are just experiencing what it means to have a check point here? >> yes. >> have you had any reaction you can tell us about? >> actually, the compound to the right, closest to our tower -- >> right here, yeah. >> they were skeptical. the tower looked over the compound. they had adolescent females. they had problems with it. that one is lower than the other tow...

With, the soldiers, american soldiers and the local folks? what are you asking them and what has it been like? >> its been positive. the locals are weary of our presence, but they know we are here to support their government and make them safer. some are weary. most of the children are receptive and willing to come up and talk to us and my soldiers. they feel safer knowing their afghan national police are beginning to protect them and offer an alternative to the enemys security. >> looking down ...

Again. the check point is across the street from a bizarre of little shops. i asked a shopkeeper if they like the check point being there. check out the answer. can you ask him his name and thank him for his time? [ speaking foreign language ] >> are you happy the check point is across the road or not happy? [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: im happy with the check point. hes saying i have one problem like when ever you make the check point so tanks humvees are coming there. because o...