U.S. Army Spc. Andrew J. Callens, with the 2nd Battalion,
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U.S. Army Pfc. Manuel Burgos, left, and U.S. Army Spc.
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Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, commander of International
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Sgt. 1st Class Richard R. King, 43rd Sustainment Brigade,
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The tools of the farming trade sit ready for use at
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Members of the 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Police
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U.S. Army Spc. Middlebrooks with 5th Battalion, 20th
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Brig. Gen. Chris Hughes, the 3rd Infantry Division
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From left, U.S. Lt. Col. Steven Soika, commander of
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Arghistan District Governor, Abdul Ghani (left), presents
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Albanian Land Forces, Special Operations Battalion
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Starting on left: Aktar Mohamed, Lt. Col. Patrick Michaelis,
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A local Afghan helps provincial officials unload supplies
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An Afghan National Army commander speaks with Afghan
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Pfc. Sky Noaska, a medic with 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry
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An Afghan girl receives school supplies from Afghan
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Newly-graduated Afghan Local Police receive their diplomas
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An Afghan MI17 helicopter from the Kandahar Air Wing
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An Afghan villager tends to his farm as a combined
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An Afghan Local Police candidate completes class work
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Local Afghan workers return from their lunch break
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U.S. Army Sgt. Justin R. Pereira, with 2nd Battalion,
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A Human Terrain Team consisting of U.S. Army soldiers
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A U.S. Special Forces intelligence sergeant assigned
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Afghan National Army commandos patrol Panjwa'i district,
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Afghan and coalition force members investigate a possible
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An Afghan commando with the Afghan National Army's
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Local men go through a graduation ceremony to become
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U.S. Special Forces soldiers assigned to Special Operations
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A U.S. Army infantry soldier assigned to Special Operations
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One of two Kandahar Air Wing Mi-17 helicopters on a
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U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Neves, a native of Spanish
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An Afghan National Army commando with the 3rd Commando
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry
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An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior provides air security in the
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U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Neves, 4th Platoon platoon
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Sgt. Maj. Jill L. Crosby and Sgt. 1st Class Rhonda
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The 980th Engineer Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Wyatt
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Sgt. Zaimul Abadin, with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Afghan
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Two local men wrestle outside of the Zhari District
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A local elder and other Afghan men tour a classroom
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Afghan men attend an Afghan Local Police verification
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Twenty four former members of the Taliban reintegrated
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Mi-17 helicopters from the Kandahar Air Wing come in
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A group of children from the "Old Corps" area of Kandahar
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Hospitalman Third Class (HM3) Lori Butierries, ...
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US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) Amy Plant (second from left), Dentist, a...
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An Afghan woman folds and stamps a provincial ballot before giving it ...
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These are the remains of former Soviet (Russian) weapons systems found...
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The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (right), U.S. Secretary of Defense, p...
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Helicopter support team Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics
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Afghan National Army soldiers with the 3rd Company,
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An Afghan National Army nursing student is listening
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An Afghan farmer takes a break from working to speak
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Afghan National Army soldiers prepare humanitarian
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Capt. Douglas Kinkennon, A Company Commander, 3rd Battalion,
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First Lt. Andrew Marsh of the Civil Affairs Team 616
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Afghan provincial government officials look at photos
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U.S. soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Fox Troop, 2nd Squadron,
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Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander,
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Cpl. Anthony Gomez, field artillery tactical data systems
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U.S. Army soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry
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A U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk from Task Force Wings lifts
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Spc. Zachary M. Williams, the battalion biometrics
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Romanian Armed Forces soldiers from the 12th Detachment,
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Tractors loaded with building materials are parked
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lindsay Thompson, accompanied
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An Afghan Border Policeman logs evidence during the
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U.S. Army Pfc. Edward Donahue, and Pfc. Daniel Frye,
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An Afghan Uniformed Policeman stands guard at a checkpoint
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Sgt. Daniel Hoffman, a native of New Prague, Minn.,
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Staff Sgt. Mark Masters, currently assigned to 1st
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Village elders and men gather for a shura at the Usmankhel
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A U.S. Army soldier from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry
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An Afghan National Army soldiers provides security
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Afghan National Army commandos practice helicopter
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Lt. Gen. Majtaba Patang, left, commander of ANP Training
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Col. Quayum (left), the district chief of police, hosts
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U.S. Army Capt. Derek Knapp, center, with the Texas
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Davidson (right) suctions fluids
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An Afghan National Army soldier searches a local man
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A OH-58 Kiowa Warrior provides air security during
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