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An Afghan soldier unloads supplies during a civil assistance mission in Gardez in Afghanistan's Paktya province, Dec. 29, 2009. Both U.S. and Afghan soldiers combined efforts to bring blankets, cooking stoves, food items, shoes and winter jackets to local citizens. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Forward Operating Base Lightning.

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An Afghan soldier unloads supplies during a civil assistance mission in Gardez in Afghanistan's Paktya province, Dec. 29, 2009. Both U.S. and Afghan soldiers combined efforts to bring blankets, cooking stoves, food items, shoes and winter jackets to local citizens. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to Forward Operating Base Lightning.

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