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Ought to be getting out, is that the taliban are afraid of their neighbors ratting them out to u.s. and coalition forces. megyn? megyn: how do we combat that, colonel? >> well, you expand the control by the kabul government and the provincial governments over these areas where there are cell towers. about 40 percent of the country today has some kind of cell service, and we've actually been out in the field and seen folks, you know, rigging up little tiny antennaes on top of mud huts to try to get cell service. what has to happen is the government in kabul and provincial bottoms, all over in t...

Accomplished and phase two of clearing and holding. >> that's a great question. we have to do this in virtually every town, city, village throughout that region to flesh the taliban out. anyplace we give them sanctuary they will use that as a base to push back into these areas we cleared. unlike iraq where you had these big urban centers that you focused on and were able to see victory. afghanistan is spread in a series of the towns, villages, mud huts, compounds. you have to touch each and every one of them to assure victory. megyn: in iraq we won the hearts and minds of some of the locals. w...

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