"That character piece is the foundation. As we like to say, when you are put in very challenging environments, like the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, or recently in western Iraq.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Shot in the abdomen, arms and legs, Hamidullah, who like many Afghans uses only one name, said he was in his fields in Girisk district of volatile Helmand province when a battle started between Taliban and a joint force of Afghan and American soldiers.

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