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Hundreds of local Afghan men and women, along with Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team members, attend a ceremony celebrating the Afghan New Year and the first day of school at the Mahmud Raqi High School in Deh Baba Ali, Afghanistan, March 26.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Hundreds of local Afghan men and women, along with Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team members, attend a ceremony celebrating the Afghan New Year and the first day of school at the Mahmud Raqi High School in Deh Baba Ali, Afghanistan, March 26.

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