A New Afghan Front: The Barnyard (ABC News)

15 March 2010, 3:06 pm

In the remote eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, the 40th Infantry Division Agribusiness Development Team from the California National Guard is trying to win over local farmers in the most basic way -- not with artillery but with a veterinary clinic. Dozens of farmers and their children line up for help; they bring their sheep, cows, bulls and even a pet monkey. The clinics feel more like a ...... Read More »

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