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U.S. and Polish members of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team conduct a shura or meeting with village elders in Jaghatu village in Ghazni, Afghanistan, April 14, 2010.

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U.S. and Polish members of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team conduct a shura or meeting with village elders in Jaghatu village in Ghazni, Afghanistan, April 14, 2010.

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