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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander shakes hands with a young Afghan boy during a foot patrol in the Pashwan district, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is a member of the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team's police advisory team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

PASHWAN STREET PATROL

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander shakes hands with a young Afghan boy during a foot patrol in the Pashwan district, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is a member of the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team's police advisory team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

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