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Entrenched with the 173rd Airborne

By Nick Paton Walsh

Updated on 25 May 2008

In the first of two special reports from Afghanistan, we've been with the 173rd Airborne at their Margha combat outpost.

They're stationed near Bermel - on the lawless border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It's a key base for US soldiers fighting insurgents on Afghanistan's border - the nearest thing to a front line in America's war on terror.

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