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A very difficult mission. their mission is to push out to clear taliban forces, not only from this area but pushing east across into the area as well as this offensive unfolds. and holding those gains until the ana, the afghan national army and afghan national police, the anp, can be beefed up and trained up enough to sustain that improved security. this is dirty business. this is difficult and dusty. it's hot here about 120 degrees fahrenheit every day. and it's very dangerous. this particular unit has lost over -- or has had four dozen casualties in the past two months. it is here. and you a...

To take over command of nato forces in afghanistan. let's take a look at the map to outline some of the huge challenges facing general pate petraeus. you see afghanistan here, pakistan on this side. where are the troops right now? these are u.s. troops, nato troops, as well. we're approaching 100,000 troops now in afghanistan. more troops in afghanistan than in iraq as the drawdown in iraq continues, as you can see, largely along the border areas stretched around the kabul capital here. now let's look, as candy noted before the break, this has been a deadly month. the summer offensive in kanda...

Cooperation from the pentagon, could help president obama generate support for the nine-year-old war, it could also fuel afghanistan's notorious corruption as well as taliban determination to fight on, now for the riches that are literally beneath their feet. the determination already in full evidence as coalition forces mount a summer offensive. the taliban striking back this weekend in an attack outside kandahar city. seldom do we run field reports in this news hour but our chief foreign correspondent, richard engel and his crew were embedded with the 82nd airborne division and thus filed on...

Afghanistan's potential for mineral wealth, wealth that can be unearthed only by mining an industry afghanistan does not have, yet. now the "new york times" reports mr. karzai has been briefed about the findings of a survey by u.s. geologists and the pentagon indicating that afghanistan has far greater untapped natural resources than anyone knew, estimated at more than $1 trillion in minerals, oil and gas. the underground reserves were found in 2006 and -7 by aerial surveys using magnetic and other scanners on the ground below. the findings, the "times" reports, ignored by both the u.s. and af...

Wear that. he did have flashing lights and a siren as well. but he apparently said the initial reports were that he wanted to see the president. what i'm told this morning is what he really wanted said was that he wanted to see air force one take off. but in any event, there's a pretty wide consensus here that he was no threat to the president, never got anywhere near the president, and he pulled into the airport parking lot after the president's plane took off, monica. >> at least that is good news. pete williams, thank you. breaking news out of afghanistan, a wave of violence in the southe...