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Offensive in afghanistan. in the taliban strong hold of kandahar, our phil black reports on the mood there among locals. the afghan army and police are tightening security around kandahar. international forces are becoming more visible. and the atmosphere is increasingly intense. >> yeah. all right. >> getting ot. it's getting real hot right now. >> reporter: the next nato and afghan offensive is building moment momentum, but it won't be as swift as the recent push to take that ground in helmand province. >> slow. always going to be slow. unless we get it built up and keep it stable, it will...

Retrained and they're going to be given skills that will be helpful in basically resuscitating the afghan economy. now, these are really great talking points. but actually how you do that remains to be seen. there is this presupposition which i don't believe data support that the taliban are largely doing this for economic reasons and if give an job they'll simply defect from the battlefield and reintegrate. and that's where karzai has put out a plan that has received some opposition from u.s. officials about reconciliation. the u.s. plan is about reintegrating without reconciliation. and how ...