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The pustains , the major tribe in Afghanistan , had a code of honor that made the Sicilians look like Floridians . During his first four-month mission to Afghanistan , he established an airhead to support combat operations and identified where the enemy was to direct U.S. military ordnance onto key Taliban and al Qaeda targets . Beyond the realm of reforestation , Rose said he listens to criticisms about U.S. operations in Afghanistan , and feels sadness - the sadness you can only feel if you have been to Afghanistan and experienced the relief our help can bring to a terror-stricken people . However , after four years of war with mounting casualties in Iraq , continuing insurgent attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan , and multiple additional deployments throughout the world , the all-volunteer force has experienced recruiting shortfalls for the first time since the late 1970s . Washington , they believed , was set on the elimination of fundamentalist forces in South and Central Asia - basically the remnants of the jihadi movements that fought in Afghanistan , and which , ironically , the US supported and helped equip .