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>> in terms of this checkpoint. earlier today we were at a police substation. they have a different mission, they are there to be a resource for the community and security. you are here to stop traffic, check it before you allow it to go through. what are you looking for? how do you know if a person you are stopping is trouble? >> you never know. there are indicators. what you try to look for is multiple military age males or a vehicle that looks weighed down or a vehicle acting erratically are indicators. >> this is lieutenant dre maylan. he is in charge of this checkpoint, the u.s. forces at...

You can see from where we are right now it is a bazaar right across the street from the exec point. how do people who make their living selling things in the bazaar feel about the checkpoint? >> from our interaction so far they seem too like us here. we had the gas station owner ask questions, if they try to blow us up will it blow his gas station up. we tried to assure him we will do our best not to blow your gas station up. >> i would like to be a fly on the wall. how do you translate that? we very much hope your gas station doesn't blow up. >> yeah. they like us being here so far. >> yeah. ...

That checkpoint is across the street from a bazaar full of little shops. with a help of a pashto translator i asked the shopkeeper if he likes the troops being here. can you ask him his name and thank him for his time. are you happy that the checkpoint is across the road or not happy? >> translator: i'm happy with the checkpoint. i don't have any problems. he's saying i have one problem. whenever you make the checkpoint is making a lot of traffic, like tankses, humvees keep coming. theed is bombers and others are comes to the checkpoints and whenever the enemy comes to the checkpoint they are ...

Argandab district and kandahar city. is that right? >> right. >> how far is the district out? >> you can see it from here. that is the argandab. >> it is famous in the states because people know how much fighting is going on. >> right. >> the role of this checkpoint is to stop the trouble there from coming to kandahar city? >> definitely. >> the idea of the checkpoint is there will be 13 of them ringing the city, to essentially disrupt the freedom of movement of insurgents who may be operating between kandahar city and outlying areas. we are here with captain john thomas, the company commander...

I really appreciate it. >> absolutely. >> in terms of what we are overlooking, this nice paved road heading out of kandahar city. where does this go? >> towards panjuay and anzari. >> two regions where there is a lot of fighting, insurgent activity. what is the mission of this checkpoint and the other three checkpoints you lead? >> each of these checkpoints is strategically placed on one of the main routes in and out of the city interdicting or disrupting the freedom of movement of the insurgents coming into kandahar city or going out. we can be the outer gate. they have to come through us fir...