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Afghan police officers join U.S. and Afghan soldiers as they prepare to enter a pump house to search for weapons caches in Karizownah in Afghanistan's Khost province, July 30, 2012.

PUMP HOUSE PATROL

Afghan police officers join U.S. and Afghan soldiers as they prepare to enter a pump house to search for weapons caches in Karizownah in Afghanistan's Khost province, July 30, 2012.

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