Taliban sneak back into Kandahar, dressed as grape farmers

May Jeong in Kandahar

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Afghan troops march through Ma'sum Ghar camp in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters/Corb

The men were dressed as migrant workers. Over the course of two or three days, as many as 600 of them made their way through the checkpoints dotted around the southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar. Many of them hauled trolleys carrying crates of freshly picked grapes as they headed towards the outlying district of Zheri, some 24 miles (38km) west of Kandahar city.

Taliban Sneak Back Into Kandahar, Dressed as Grape Farmers by Thavam