Lt. Col. John Church’s unit focused on farms rather than arms in Afghanistan, but the mission was the same — keep the Taliban out of everyday citizens’ lives. If Afghans believe their government, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the coalition “are doing more for them than the insurgency, then they are going to kick the insurgency out,” said the Mount Airy farmer in an interview last week. Church, 44, returned in April after nearly a year in the war-torn country as part of a small agricultural team from the Georgia Army National Guard’s 201st Regional Support Group out of Fort Gordon, Augusta.