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Though u.s. combat teams are supposed to withdraw next year afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous places on earth. we got an alarmingly up close reminder of the danger american troops confront there every single day and anna joins us live from kabul. you went out with a special forces team and it got hairy in a hurry. tell us about it. >> reporter: yes. it certainly did, jake. as you say. we did join the u.s. special forces in eastern afghanistan in a hotbed for the taliban and also for ...

>> we have an expect report for you now. cnn takes you to the front lines in afghanistan and right into a fire fight between american troops and the taliban. cnns ana coren went with u.s. special forces to eastern afghanistan who are working to track down an ied maker when they came under fire. >> reporter: as rounds of gun fire ring out in the distance u.s. special forces run straight into the thick of it. theyre the militarys elite and this is what theyre trained to do. they dont just fight ba...

Fire less than 400 meters away. an incoming round flies close overhead. we take cover behind a mud brick wa wall. >> keep going! >> with the attack coming from three different directions, special forces spread out across open farmland. >> around the back side. right on the back side. >> reporter: their only cover in this valley, low-lying ditches and sparse undergrowth. >> all right. this is what were going to do. well continue on this [ bleep ] riverbed until we get to the left side and well fl...

Have to follow up on this. >> dont mistake what im saying. im saying in my judgment it is either or because someone is tipping off the ied maker. the ied makers are gone when the pakistani military gets to the base that we are working together on. in other words, the united states provides the intelligence to isi. isi then asks the military to move in and when the military move in, the facility they move in to take down has already been cleared out of all personnel and all munitions. >> it marks...