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Afghan national police commander Nadir Jan sits outside his checkpoint in Sarkari Bagh.

Afghan police force is a work in progress 2010

Open stores in Sarkari Bagh have quadrupled, and in towns that emptied at the sight of a U.S. soldier two months ago, children swarm and troops sit for tea, they said.

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One anti-corruption bill is proposed by the government called the "Sarkari Lokpal bill" (Government Lokpal bill) and other one proposed by the civil society which is represented by Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan and Shanti Bhushan called the "Jan Lokpal bill" (People's Lokpal bill).

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"We basically sat in here and monitored the fight," Resnick said, referring to his outpost at the village of Sarkari Bagh.

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"It's not just a balloon in the way everyone's making it out to be," Viraf Sarkari, director of the opening ceremonies, said of the $8 million installation.

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Across the river from the Sarkari Bagh patrol base is a green swath where there is no coalition presence - a perfect escape route for the Taliban that Resnick calls the "wild, wild West."

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A hectic rescue operation ensued from Sarkari Bagh, but two American soldiers could not be saved, and helicopters came to evacuate their bodies and two other soldiers injured in the blast.

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"We basically sat in here and monitored the fight," Resnick said, referring to his outpost at the village of Sarkari Bagh.

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With that and other tasks in mind, a platoon set out on foot one morning from Combat Outpost Sarkari Bagh toward a hamlet that has a friendly tribal chief. 1st Lt. David Burgio, 24, sat on Lal Makhmad's floor, sipping sugary tea and asking Makhmad whether the village might form a community watch.

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Nadir Jan, the commander of an Afghan police checkpoint in the Sarkari Bagh village along the Arghandab River, says he has no room in his building to hold any prisoners.

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