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Dirt and debris from an explosion fly through a window as U.S. Marines conduct an operation in the abandoned village of Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 3, 2009.

Dirt and debris from an explosion fly through a window as U.S. Marines conduct an operation in the abandoned village of Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 3, 2009.

Dirt and debris from an explosion fly through a window as U.S. Marines conduct an operation in the abandoned village of Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 3, 2009.

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