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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Sweet, left, speaks with an Afghan man in the village of Ibrahim Khel, Nerkh district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2010. Sweet, assigned to Company L, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and Afghan soldiers traveled to this village to try to gather more information regarding an improvised explosive device found in a nearby road.

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U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kevin Sweet, left, speaks with an Afghan man in the village of Ibrahim Khel, Nerkh district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2010. Sweet, assigned to Company L, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and Afghan soldiers traveled to this village to try to gather more information regarding an improvised explosive device found in a nearby road.

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