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Insurgents had ringed the small military base, deep in a traditional... Email Print Related News Army "ready to use force" to clear Cairo square Sat, Apr 9 2011 Libya rebels repel attack on Misrata, Gaddafi appears Sat, Apr 9 2011 Rebels repel assault on Misrata, five dead Fri, Apr 8 2011 WRAPUP 5-Prospects fade for military overthrow of Gaddafi Fri, Apr 8 2011 Libya says NATO air strike hits major oil field Wed, Apr 6 2011 Analysis & Opinion Why City + Airport = the Future Real in fine fettle ahead of four-game Barca showdown Related Topics World » 1 / 3 A U.S. Army soldier unloads crates of energy drinks at Combat Outpost Terra Nova in the Arghandab Valley, north of Kandahar April 11, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Bob Strong By Bob Strong ARGHANDAB VALLEY, Afghanistan | Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:10am EDT ARGHANDAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Last July, venturing outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the lush Arghandab Valley was a risky proposition for U.S. troops. Insurgents had ringed the small military base, deep in a traditional Taliban stronghold north of Kandahar city, with pressure-plate and remote-controlled explosive devices, creating a homemade minefield. Soldiers on patrol stayed off the roads and cut through grape fields and pomegranate orchards in an effort to avoid a lethal misstep. In just one four-day period of intense fighting, three men died and 20 were injured. Today, a wide gravel road winds past COP Nolen, leading to four new military outposts established in the past six months. On a recent battlefield tour, U.S. Army Lt Col David Flynn, who is in charge of the western Arghandab, escorted officers from a unit that will replace him and his men on a walk that would have been suicidal a year ago. "We were the surge force and we were going to make a difference here," said Flynn, although he argues that it took more than just numbers to change the dynamic of the fight. An aggressive push against insurgents last August, plus a series of controversial airstrikes that reduced some Taliban-held villages to little more than rubble, paved the way for 13 new U.S.-Afghan military bases in the Arghandab Valley. Flynn says the targeted villages had been abandoned by civilians and laced with homemade bombs that were fatal to his soldiers and would be a risk to anyone returning to the area. "When I got report that special operations had found homemade explosive with no people in the village, the recommendation came up to drop ordnance on the sanctuary that was Tarok Kalache," he said of one village. Afghan police checkpoints now dot roads between small villages, overlooking budding grape vines and fruit trees -- although in some orchards and vineyards only stumps are left. NEW HOMES, NEW SECURITY? 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