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Afghanistan is on the ground there for our troops. >> it's like i'm out with my grand kids, and you don't want to see any of them hurt, and if you can't tell the corporal what his mission is, then you better rethink what you have him doing out there. i think we've got even pretty much to that point. we've done as much as we can, and every day these young men are going out and going into these mine fields, single file. and i keep asking myself, what is the mission? the mission now is to hand it off to the afghans. so i would like to see us pull us back from those dangerous patrols and let the a...

Goggles and so forth. we go in there and we get a foothold, as the marines already have, atia has already reported on. then you can expand from that foothold. really the problem has been getting through the mine fields and the ied fields that they put together. and we use, of course, the assault bridger which is a -- >> explain how that works because there are land mines, there are booby traps in and around this city. >> absolutely this is a 70-ton, the vehicle has a 15-foot plow in front. carries thousands of pounds of c-4 explosive that they can shoot out in front and clear mine fields. of c...

To preserve innocent life. but at the same time, we have mine feelgds aields and ieds thn some case remotely targeting and killing our forces. >> yeah. and those mine fields, those booby traps, we understand the taliban has had months to set that up. and as you go in and we're watching this play out, any idea -- i know it's very early on, but how long this could possibly take in order for coalition forces to complete the job there in marjah? >> well, it really depends upon the fight that the taliban puts up, betty. you know, similarly, we saw in fallujah a couple of times over in iraq in a maj...

No word on how serious the injuries are to the americans in that particular attack. meanwhile, within days, u.s. troops are expected to launch their largest offensive in afghanistan, so far, and we are learning today that they will do it using a new weapon that may be their best protection yet against roadside bombs. it's called the breacher. it's a cross between an abrams tank and a bulldozer. it's certainly an impressive piece of equipment. it weighs 72 tons and packs nearly 7,000 pounds of explosives. it's specifically designed to plow through mine fields, and safely detonate ieds, a proble...

On its position. syrian state media citing a joint statement from moscow and teheran saying, and i quote, we will respond strongly to any aggression on syria. russia and iran will not allow america to dominate the war. that warning comes as the trump administration tackles yet another threat, north korea. right now an aircraft carrier-led strike group is deploying towards the korean peninsula. a u.s. official confirms to cnn this move is a direct response to recent north korean provocation. meanwhile, as the white house tries to navigate all of these mine fields, the national security council,...