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U.S. soldiers and Albanian special operations forces meet with leaders of an Afghan border police checkpoint near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, April 1, 2013.

U.S. soldiers and Albanian special operations forces meet with leaders of an Afghan border police checkpoint near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, April 1, 2013.

U.S. soldiers and Albanian special operations forces meet with leaders of an Afghan border police checkpoint near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, April 1, 2013.

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