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Coalition force members maintain security during a meeting with Afghan local and national policemen regarding self-sustainment of the police forces in Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 3, 2012.

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Coalition force members maintain security during a meeting with Afghan local and national policemen regarding self-sustainment of the police forces in Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 3, 2012.

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