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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Noah Diehl, of the Gardez Provincial Reconstruction Team, gives school supplies to children during a joint patrol of coalition forces and Afghanistan National Police in the Zormat province of Afghanistan March 21, 2007.

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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Noah Diehl, of the Gardez Provincial Reconstruction Team, gives school supplies to children during a joint patrol of coalition forces and Afghanistan National Police in the Zormat province of Afghanistan March 21, 2007.

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