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Afghan children gather around a coalition forces truck loaded with more than 300 backpacks and other school supplies as it enters the Gulam Ali Boys and Girls School in Bagram, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2009.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Afghan children gather around a coalition forces truck loaded with more than 300 backpacks and other school supplies as it enters the Gulam Ali Boys and Girls School in Bagram, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2009.

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