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U.S. and Afghan soldiers talk with local villagers during a dismounted patrol on the outskirts of Takiya Khana village in Bati Kot district in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, June 15, 2013.

VILLAGE TALK

U.S. and Afghan soldiers talk with local villagers during a dismounted patrol on the outskirts of Takiya Khana village in Bati Kot district in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, June 15, 2013.

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