Nato forces race to secure Kandahar
Updated on 24 January 2010
US and Canadian forces are rushing to train an Afghan police force capable of blunting a Taliban comeback in Kandahar.
The major city in Afghanistan's volatile south is the militants' spiritual birthplace and the key to turning back the uprising.
It is part of a larger effort that also aims to deliver services such as electricity and clean drinking water - encouraging support for the government in a city that was once the Taliban's headquarters.
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