Insurgents a threat to Afghan civilians

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Reporter John Bohannon of Science magazine explored the statistics on civilian deaths in Afghanistan and discovered that the war is getting more lethal to the Afghan population because of insurgent attacks, not military mistakes. Anchor Marco Werman has details.

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