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Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team members, Afghan government officials and villagers tour a destroyed home after an earthquake struck the area in the village of Murghar Khel, Sherzad district, Afghanistan, April 17, 2009. The reconstruction team is delivering humanitarian assistance and assessing conditions in the affected areas.

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Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team members, Afghan government officials and villagers tour a destroyed home after an earthquake struck the area in the village of Murghar Khel, Sherzad district, Afghanistan, April 17, 2009. The reconstruction team is delivering humanitarian assistance and assessing conditions in the affected areas.

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