Staff Sgt. Jonathan Davis with Company
D of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment leads a
patrol in the Gelan district of southern Ghazni province.
AHMADAY, Afghanistan — The men sat on the ground inside a mud-brick barn listening to Capt. Philip Schneider, the air imbued with the scent of manure and a sense of fatalism.
There were about 60 of them, some from Ahmaday, others from nearby farming towns in the Gelan district of southern Ghazni province. They belonged to a group of more than 100 men detained for questioning after a small band of militants attacked U.S. and Afghan soldiers in the village that morning.
“I’ll just say this once: There is no future with the Taliban,” said Schneider, who commands Company D of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He stood as he spoke, his tone that of a frustrated parent.
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