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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Hardee uses a night scope to scan the area while pulling security atop an all-terrain vehicle outside the Alasay District Center in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, July 26, 2010. Hardee is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa. This mission marks the first time in three years that U.S. forces pushed into the Alasay district because of a heavy Taliban resistance in the area.

ALASAY SCOPE

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Hardee uses a night scope to scan the area while pulling security atop an all-terrain vehicle outside the Alasay District Center in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, July 26, 2010. Hardee is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa. This mission marks the first time in three years that U.S. forces pushed into the Alasay district because of a heavy Taliban resistance in the area.

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