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U.S. Army paratroopers gather after dawn on Forward Operating Base Arian to board mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to patrol along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 20, 2012. Highway 1 is the country’s main thoroughfare between Kabul to the north and Kandahar to the south.

U.S. Army paratroopers gather after dawn on Forward Operating Base Arian to board mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to patrol along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 20, 2012. Highway 1 is the country’s main thoroughfare between Kabul to the north and Kandahar to the south.

U.S. Army paratroopers gather after dawn on Forward Operating Base Arian to board mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to patrol along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 20, 2012. Highway 1 is the country’s main thoroughfare between Kabul to the north and Kandahar to the south.

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