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U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan Ministry of Education members participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Walayatee Primary School in the Bagrami district near Kabul, Afghanistan, May 13, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Camp Phoenix Civil Military Affairs. U.S. forces contributed money to a well that will be built next to the school.

WALAYATEE EVENT

U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan Ministry of Education members participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Walayatee Primary School in the Bagrami district near Kabul, Afghanistan, May 13, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Camp Phoenix Civil Military Affairs. U.S. forces contributed money to a well that will be built next to the school.

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