US, Afghan troops gather for Thanksgiving Day meal at Taliban leader Mullah Omar's former home.

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US, Afghan troops gather for Thanksgiving Day meal at Taliban leader Mullah Omar's former home.

View Gallery (7 images) Afghan guests say a prayer before celebrating the first-ever Thanksgiving celebration at the Kandahar governor's provincial compound in Kandahar City, Afghanistan on November 22, 2012. Laura Rauch/Stars and Stripes Lightbox link Lightbox link Lightbox link Lightbox link Lightbox link Lightbox link KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan — Few of the soldiers here thought much about making history as they gathered for the first-ever Thanksgiving Day feast at the Kandahar governor’s provincial compound. Some 35 GIs and as many Afghans filed into the great dining hall as a mullah’s voice cracked over a nearby loudspeaker, calling the faithful to prayer at the Shrine of the Cloak. Believed to house a piece of the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad, the mosque is the holiest place in Afghanistan for Muslims. The governor’s residence, built in the shadow of the shrine, was...

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