AFGHANISTAN: Marines patrolling province on Iranian border
March 23, 2009 | 5:23
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Marines are mentoring Afghan forces in Farah province on Afghanistan's western border with Iran in hopes of providing a greater sense of security to nomadic tribes.
Some tribes are already moving back into the area, where bands of Taliban fighters have been known to terrorize locals, Marines say.
— Tony Perry in San Diego
Photo: Nomads in Farah province. Credit: Marine Corps
