just last july fox news cameras were rolling when our conor powell and some troops on the ground with him were ambushed. conor returned to the region and has a progress report for us. he s streaming live from forward operating base san jere. reporter: just about every inch of southern kandahar, u.s. and is afghan forces were ambushed out on patrols, but after a massive clearing operation by coalition forces, that has begun to change, and there are signs of progress. it is still very dangerous. just in the past 24 hours two grenade attacks on u.s. troops patrolling, and there are ieds everywhere. in the middle of a pom gran net field, u.s. soldiers find a hidden taliban bunker and prepare to destroy it with a small amount of explosives. a16? yeah. i m just going to try to implode it. fire in the hole!
now from the forward operating base. connor? reporter: well, arthel, in july zahri was the site of intense, intense fighting and the video you showed was only 400 meters outside of a u.s. base, and u.s. soldiers being ambushed by the taliban, now, a lot changed the past few weeks after a clearing operation and u.s. soldiers are pushing deeper into zahri and pushing out the taliban and afghans are returning and there are improvements here but as we learned today and yesterday there are still significant dangers and the past 24 hours, two grenades were thrown at u.s. soldiers and there are ieds everywhere. in the middle of a pomegranate field u.s. soldiers find a hidden taliban bunker and classic spot we d get hit from a lot. and prepared to destroy it with a small amount of explosives. m-6, i ll try and implode it. [explosion. [ reporter: the blast is
would it make you nervous, 7,000 votes, overwhelming majority, said they always feel nervous, 10%, say sometimes and 1% say they feel, never feel nervous in that situation, much more on the story, and the judge is on deck in minutes. arthel: turning to the u.s.-led effort in afghanistan, now american forces pushing deeper into taliban territory in kandahar province and the latest advance coming weeks after a major clearing operation, kandahar s zahri district is one of those dangerous places in afghanistan. [gunfire]. arthel: back in july the cameras were rolling when connor powell was there with soldiers from the 101st airborne division. and, they were ambushed, and he returns to the area for a progress report, streaming live
we re told june and july, hopefully wrapped up by august. so that the timing is critical. by august, the administration, the u.s. administration wants to see what they call a government, an afghan government in a box, brought in and taking oemp. that s not going to happen if these issues of corruption, of poppy culture, of all of these issues that have prevented the afghan government from making any kind of headway, even outside of kabul, much less in the south. if those issues are not resolved. the u.s. military likes to call it simply cutting the weeds, if they go in and clear these areas and it s going to be a huge clearing operation, only to see them not held so that building can take place later, not held by police, afghan police. so that seems to be, i would think if you were a fly on the wall of the 35-minute meeting between obama and karzai that would have been a lot of the discussion.