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A sniper team scans the area outside of a leaders' shura from a rooftop in the village of Baki Tanna in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

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A sniper team scans the area outside of a leaders' shura from a rooftop in the village of Baki Tanna in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 30, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment.

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