It was 8 a.m. and the sleepy Afghan sergeant stood at what he called the front line, one month before the city of Kunduz fell to the Taliban. An unspoken agreement protected both sides. There would be no shooting.
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on Feb. 23, 2010 US soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Alpha Company, scale a hill while on patrol in Markikheyl in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
