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Afghan children are reflected in the sunglasses of U.S. Army Sgt. Roderick Cooper during a key leader meeting about counternarcotics in Farah, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2012. Cooper is assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

Afghan children are reflected in the sunglasses of U.S. Army Sgt. Roderick Cooper during a key leader meeting about counternarcotics in Farah, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2012. Cooper is assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

Afghan children are reflected in the sunglasses of U.S. Army Sgt. Roderick Cooper during a key leader meeting about counternarcotics in Farah, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2012. Cooper is assigned Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.

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