Piddock

Piddock says the men in the area, including Daud, are Taliban sympathizers who play "both sides of the fence" but that they continue to try and win them over.

U.S. targets outskirts of Afghan cities 2011

In order to have success here you have to have the support from land-owning elders, Piddock said.

U.S. targets outskirts of Afghan cities 2011

Piddock said U.S. forces didn't have the support of the local elders, many of whom have left the river valley for the relative safety of the nearby desert.

U.S. targets outskirts of Afghan cities 2011

Robert Piddock agreed that the previous strategy of pursuit wasn't working.

U.S. targets outskirts of Afghan cities 2011

Piddock and others said that the Taliban's reliance on murder and intimidation of villagers has kept U.S. forces here from from forming closer relations with locals.

U.S. targets outskirts of Afghan cities 2011

Along with their teacher Martin Hughes (Jim Piddock) and their lead actress Samantha (Jessica Pare), Jake and Larry embark on a journey where no sensible and level-headed filmmaker should ever go.

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Holfax was well rewarded for his part in the treasure search, and three months after he had left his home Fred Stanley, richer by fifteen thousand dollars (for that was his share after Mrs. Stults's half and the expenses had been taken out), started from the Piddock railroad station toward the little cottage which, at one time, he feared he would never see again.

The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska Frank V. Webster

If you were to visit Piddock to-day, you would find it a much larger city than when Fred left it to hunt for gold in far off Alaska, and if you were to ask who was the best known citizen there, you would be told he was Fred

The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska Frank V. Webster

So Fred started off on his long tramp back to Piddock.

The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska Frank V. Webster

Shortly after Mr. Stanley's accident Fred had secured a place in the general store in Piddock, but, when the population diminished there was hardly enough work for the proprietor himself, and he had to discharge

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