Not all US soldiers deployed to Afghanistan go there to fight the Taliban. The 58 members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s 82nd Agribusiness Development Team are heading to the eastern province of Kunar soon to spend a year helping Afghan farmers improve their crop yields. Gilman Halsted reports.
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