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On patrol in Zhari

Published: June 17 2008 20:48 | Last updated: June 17 2008 20:48

Jon Boone, the FT’s correspondent in Afghanistan, was embedded with Canadian troops this week in the southern district of Zhari, as Nato and Afghan troops launched a major push to dislodge Taliban fighters. He gives an eyewitness account of an attack on the militants.

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