U.S. and China Work Together to Rebuild Afghanistan 

By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS in Momaki, Afghanistan, and SHAI OSTER in Beijing  WSJ  20 June 2009

The U.S. and China have formed an uneasy alliance in the effort to build stability in Afghanistan.

In a valley long known as a Taliban haven, American troops live alongside Chinese road workers. The troops put their lives on the line protecting the workers. The workers put their lives on the line building a road the U.S. military desperately wants completed.

“Asphalt is ammunition,” says Lt. Col. Kimo Gallahue, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment, quoting a phrase popular in the military. “Roads are one of the biggest needs in this province.”

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