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U.S. Army soldiers walk up the side of a mountain during the early morning hours in the Charbaran district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, Oct. 27, 2010. The soldiers, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, were part of the largest combined air assault mission the combat team has conducted this year in the province.

CHARBARAN CLIMB

U.S. Army soldiers walk up the side of a mountain during the early morning hours in the Charbaran district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, Oct. 27, 2010. The soldiers, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, were part of the largest combined air assault mission the combat team has conducted this year in the province.

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