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A U.S. Army soldier provides medical care to a detainee at the U.S.-operated detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2010. Defense Department officials allowed news media representatives to take video and still photos in the facility for the first time since the facility became operational in December 2009. Afghan officials will begin to take over the facility in 2011.

DETAINEE CARE

A U.S. Army soldier provides medical care to a detainee at the U.S.-operated detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2010. Defense Department officials allowed news media representatives to take video and still photos in the facility for the first time since the facility became operational in December 2009. Afghan officials will begin to take over the facility in 2011.

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