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As seen through a night-vision device, a U.S. Special Forces soldier conducts a pre-operation brief with Afghan commandos before embarking on a clearance operation in the Shah Wali Kot district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Feb. 8, 2011. The soldier is assigned to Special Operations Task Force South.

NIGHT BRIEF

As seen through a night-vision device, a U.S. Special Forces soldier conducts a pre-operation brief with Afghan commandos before embarking on a clearance operation in the Shah Wali Kot district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Feb. 8, 2011. The soldier is assigned to Special Operations Task Force South.

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