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U.S. Army paratroopers listen to a briefing before a patrol with Afghan soldiers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 8, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. The battalion deployed to Ghazni in March 2012 to help bring security to Highway 1, the country’s most important road for travel between Kabul and Kandahar.

U.S. Army paratroopers listen to a briefing before a patrol with Afghan soldiers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 8, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. The battalion deployed to Ghazni in March 2012 to help bring security to Highway 1, the country’s most important road for travel between Kabul and Kandahar.

U.S. Army paratroopers listen to a briefing before a patrol with Afghan soldiers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 8, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. The battalion deployed to Ghazni in March 2012 to help bring security to Highway 1, the country’s most important road for travel between Kabul and Kandahar.

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