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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Dave Adams, commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost, holds an impromptu shura with village elders in Qalandar, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2007, to discuss recent attacks on a local municipal building.

IMPROMPTU MEETING

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Dave Adams, commanding officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost, holds an impromptu shura with village elders in Qalandar, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2007, to discuss recent attacks on a local municipal building.

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