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U.S. soldiers with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, and Afghan Border Police walk along a mountain trail during a patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera in the Paktiya province of Afghanistan Oct. 13, 2009.

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U.S. soldiers with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, and Afghan Border Police walk along a mountain trail during a patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera in the Paktiya province of Afghanistan Oct. 13, 2009.

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