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Have oil, but they certainly have incredible mineral wealth potential. >> incredible mineral wealth potential. potential being the operative term there. we'll talk more about that on tomorrow's show with nbc's richard engel. we went with general hodges to the edge of the valley, which has seen fierce fighting recently. a soldier from the 82nd airborne was killed there by an ied while we were here. american troops under his command have with afghan police set up a system of 13 checkpoints around kandahar city to interrupt the freedom of movement for insurgents in that area. checkpoint i-1 is ho...

>> well, that's a great point. i think afghanistan does not have oil, but they certainly have incredible mineral wealth potential. >> incredible mineral wealth potential. potential being the operative term there. we'll talk more about that on tomorrow's show with nbc's richard engel. we went with general hodges to the edge of the valley, which has seen fierce fighting recently. a soldier from the 82nd airborne was killed there by an ied while we were here. american troops under his command have with afghan police set up a system of 13 checkpoints around kandahar city to interrupt the freedom o...