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Is the cold war in the Persian Gulf about to turn hot?

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U.S. Marines at Task Force Southwest military field in Shorab military camp of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghanistan forces intimidate, rob U.S.-hired contractors

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US Army 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment, 10th Brigade UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters take off during a joint US-Romanian air assault exercise at the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, eastern Romania, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (AP)

Are U.S. tax dollars wasted on Afghan helicopters nobody will fly?

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