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An Afghan man talks through an interpreter, right, to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lewis, left, in Nawbor village in the Bala Murghab district in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 16, 2011. Lewis, a scout, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade. The man thanked the U.S. and Afghan forces for ridding his village of insurgents and bringing a better life to the village children, who gathered on the hill.

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An Afghan man talks through an interpreter, right, to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lewis, left, in Nawbor village in the Bala Murghab district in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 16, 2011. Lewis, a scout, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade. The man thanked the U.S. and Afghan forces for ridding his village of insurgents and bringing a better life to the village children, who gathered on the hill.

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