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U.S. troops assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar patrol along a canal leading from Nowabad School to Forward Operating Base Wright following a quality assurance check at Narang Girls School in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Oct. 13, 2012.

U.S. troops assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar patrol along a canal leading from Nowabad School to Forward Operating Base Wright following a quality assurance check at Narang Girls School in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Oct. 13, 2012.

U.S. troops assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar patrol along a canal leading from Nowabad School to Forward Operating Base Wright following a quality assurance check at Narang Girls School in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Oct. 13, 2012.

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