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A coalition soldier scans for unexploded ordnance after discovering an unexploded anti-personnel mine near an elementary school in the Paktya province of Afghanistan Jan. 20, 2007. Local construction workers discovered the mine while digging an irrigation ditch.

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE SCAN

A coalition soldier scans for unexploded ordnance after discovering an unexploded anti-personnel mine near an elementary school in the Paktya province of Afghanistan Jan. 20, 2007. Local construction workers discovered the mine while digging an irrigation ditch.

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