The battle for Afghan hearts and minds

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- "Why are the Americans in our land? What can I say, we are powerless."

The words of an Afghan farmer, Khan Mohmad, who fled war-torn Helmand province, leaving his land behind and finding refuge in a dreary camp on the outskirts of Kabul.

Khan Mohmad along with thousands of other displaced Afghans now squat in makeshift clay huts, using any bits of trash to make a home.

He is a striking man. His eyes lined with kohl and his dirty blond hair wrapped in a gray-black turban as he speaks in a soft but frustrated tone.

"We moved here because of the American oppression," Khan Mohmad says. "If the Taliban shoot one bullet on the Americans from our village, the Americans will bombard the entire village."