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U.S. and Afghan soldiers walk with Afghan civilians to a helicopter pick-up landing site in the village of Kopak in the Mohammud-Agha district in Afghanistan's Logar province, April 22, 2010. The U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, spoke with local village elders about conditions in the area.

VILLAGE WALK

U.S. and Afghan soldiers walk with Afghan civilians to a helicopter pick-up landing site in the village of Kopak in the Mohammud-Agha district in Afghanistan's Logar province, April 22, 2010. The U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, spoke with local village elders about conditions in the area.

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