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guy and back to good guy, not to mention the bombs and bullets, has one last chapter to play. look under the bottom right-hand side. oh, yeah, that green thing? yeah. reporter: one more bomb is found along a dry creek bed patrolled by war squadron. the final job of the day is left to the robots. without emotion or prejudice, it performs its job. the bomb is destroyed. its job is finished. if only life were so simple for the living, breathing soldiers of war squadron like sergeant heeter. but they are not robots and nothing about afghanistan is ever simple or quick. mike boettcher, abc news, khost, afghanistan. should be an interesting moment for the war in afghanistan. the white house is expected to release a review of the war strategy in that country before the end of the year to see the direction things are moving. we ll also hear from general david petraeus.
reporter: sergeant heeter s job is to protect his boss. the lieutenant colonel, war squadron commander who ironically is trying to build spreading pockets of peace in this violent, mountainous slice of eastern afghanistan. heeter, take it easy, all right? this deployment so far, had two rockets land within 25 meters. i got hit with a suicide bomber from about seven feet away in the beginning of the deployment. i was the only one to walk out without a scratch. had a 600-pounder hit me. reporter: the 600-pounder was a very bad day. the suicide bomber pulled up, stopped right here, and detonated. reporter: no soldiers were killed or wounded. only afghan children. those little kids playing out in front of their house. 600 pounds of explosives in the back of a truck goes off. totally innocent. they have no idea.
reporter: heeter and his commander lutsky have been trying to convince the mountain people that it s the taliban who are killing and wounding innocent civilians, not americans. the bombing has given them an opening to drive home the point. they hand out blankets and water as another sign of goodwill. it seems to work. it buys us credit. in a sense that there s a little more respect for us and there s a little more trust for us. reporter: a few miles down the road, though, war squadron leaves the business of making friends and returns to the task of finding enemies. what you doing, heeter? reporter: heeter again must keep an eye on his boss back when they enter an afghan family compound. but an informant says this family is giving refuge to taliban bombmakers. i don t think you re taliban but i think you turn the other way when taliban come through. reporter: a long day made longer by constant role reversals from good guy to bad
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