U.S. Army Spc. Justin Heimsoth, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Chris Hagen fill sandbags to anchor a machine gun during Operation Southern Fist in the Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Sept. 29, 2012. Heimsoth and Hagen, infantrymen, are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie
Afghanistan's Safest Province Falling Prey To Taliban -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Violence is returning to what has long been the most tranquil region of Afghanistan, where fears of a resurgent Taliban are as stark as the ragged holes left by the bombing of two ancient Buddha statues in cliffs facing the Bamiyan valley.
Bamiyan had been seen as the country's safest province due to its remote location in the central mountains and the opposition of the dominant local tribe, the Hazara, to the Taliban, mostly ethnic Pashtuns who massacred thousands of Hazara during their austere rule.
But now, after 11 years of a NATO-led war against the Islamists, insurgents are edging back into the province, burying roadside bombs and striking at foreign and local security forces. Five New Zealand soldiers were killed in August.
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