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An American attack helicopter fires a missile at a Taliban position. The Taliban fired at the helicopter, and soldiers on the ground took sniper fire during their search. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, A Company operating out of Combat Outpost Lakhokhel in the Zhair district of Kandahar province searched several compounds and patrolled the village of Singesar and the surrounding area to talk to people and disrupt the Taliban operations closer to the main highway from Kandahar to Helmand province.
War in Afghanistan , May 20, 2010- Singesar, Afghanistan

An American attack helicopter fires a missile at a Taliban position. The Taliban fired at the helicopter, and soldiers on the ground took sniper fire during their search. The 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, A Company operating out of Combat Outpost Lakhokhel in the Zhair district of Kandahar province searched several compounds and patrolled the village of Singesar and the surrounding area to talk to people and disrupt the Taliban operations closer to the main highway from Kandahar to Helmand province.