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Afghan commandos return to their base after completing a joint mission to arrest a weapons dealer in a village near Jalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2007.

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Afghan commandos return to their base after completing a joint mission to arrest a weapons dealer in a village near Jalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2007.

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