How a new U.S. brigade is tackling a wave of bombings in Afghanistan’s capital

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How a new U.S. brigade is tackling a wave of bombings in Afghanistan’s capital
by Dan Lamothe July 1



PAGHMAN, Afghanistan — As U.S. soldiers rolled onto the scene at one of the “gates of Kabul,” it quickly became clear that the situation was complicated.

Members of the Army’s new 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade had traveled by mine-resistant vehicle to meet with Afghan forces on the southwestern outskirts of the country’s capital. In the face of repeated attacks, Afghan officials last year installed a hulking, door-frame-shaped scanner to search for bombs in passing trucks. But U.S. soldiers arrived to find the scanner broken and a line of frustrated truckers waiting with dozens of vehicles.

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