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This means continued military action against large Taliban incursions , diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to stop providing a haven for insurgents , and a focus on shielding the large cities of southern Afghanistan -- Lashkargah , Kandahar and Ghazni -- long enough for the Afghan government to establish the kernels of an improved police force there .
 location contains: Afghanistan, Lashkargah; location contains: Afghanistan, Kandahar; location contains: Afghanistan, Ghazni
Given options, please tell me the relationships of all the listed entity pairs.Output format is "relation1: word1, word2; relation2: word3, word4". 
Option: ethnicity, place lived, geographic distribution, company industry, country of administrative divisions, administrative division of country, location contains, person of company, profession, ethnicity of people, company shareholder among major shareholders, sports team of location, religion, neighborhood of, company major shareholders, place of death, nationality, children, company founders, company founded place, country of capital, company advisors, sports team location of teams, place of birth 
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 Entity Pairs:  Afghanistan, Lashkargah; Afghanistan, Kandahar; Afghanistan, Ghazni 
Answer:
 location contains: Afghanistan, Lashkargah; location contains: Afghanistan, Kandahar; location contains: Afghanistan, Ghazni