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Laura Tedesco, right, an archeologist and cultural heritage program manager for the U.S. State Department in Afghanistan, talks with workers at an erosion control project on Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Zabul province, April 23, 2011.

Laura Tedesco, right, an archeologist and cultural heritage program manager for the U.S. State Department in Afghanistan, talks with workers at an erosion control project on Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Zabul province, April 23, 2011.

Laura Tedesco, right, an archeologist and cultural heritage program manager for the U.S. State Department in Afghanistan, talks with workers at an erosion control project on Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Zabul province, April 23, 2011.

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