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CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Combined Joint Task Force 76 carry troops and supplies over the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2007. Farmers and cattlemen eke out a living in the river valleys.

OVER AFGHANISTAN

CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Combined Joint Task Force 76 carry troops and supplies over the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2007. Farmers and cattlemen eke out a living in the river valleys.

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