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An Afghan doctor, left, provides medical care to an Afghan woman, right, at a key leader engagement with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and Afghan doctors, and public health professionals at Farah City Hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2012.

An Afghan doctor, left, provides medical care to an Afghan woman, right, at a key leader engagement with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and Afghan doctors, and public health professionals at Farah City Hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2012.

An Afghan doctor, left, provides medical care to an Afghan woman, right, at a key leader engagement with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and Afghan doctors, and public health professionals at Farah City Hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2012.

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