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U.S. soldiers and Afghan border police patrol back to their base after successfully delivering school supplies to Afghan children in Jalalabad City in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, May 25, 2013.

U.S. soldiers and Afghan border police patrol back to their base after successfully delivering school supplies to Afghan children in Jalalabad City in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, May 25, 2013.

U.S. soldiers and Afghan border police patrol back to their base after successfully delivering school supplies to Afghan children in Jalalabad City in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, May 25, 2013.

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