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U.S. Army Capt. Erik Saks, from the Bagram Provincial Reconstrucion Team, gives balloons to children during a humanitarian aid mission in the village of Nijrab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2008.

BAGRAM BALLOONS

U.S. Army Capt. Erik Saks, from the Bagram Provincial Reconstrucion Team, gives balloons to children during a humanitarian aid mission in the village of Nijrab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2008.

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