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Dam Kalay village children chase behind U.S. Army soldiers outside Asadabad in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 27, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team. Members attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Dam Kalay pipe scheme, which provides clean, accessible water estimated to benefit more than 5,000 people.

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Dam Kalay village children chase behind U.S. Army soldiers outside Asadabad in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 27, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team. Members attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Dam Kalay pipe scheme, which provides clean, accessible water estimated to benefit more than 5,000 people.

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