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‘Civilian surge’ to help Afghanistan

By Daniel Dombey in Washington

Published: November 20 2009 23:34 | Last updated: November 20 2009 23:34

It is as if Afghanistan had come to the US state of Indiana. In the grounds of a former hospital for the mentally and the physically ill on the edge of the prairie, sandbags are piled high, soldiers stand guard and a dishevelled translator helps along a conversation between tribal leaders and US officials.

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