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Teachers at Abu Herera School pass out rule of law comic books to first graders in the Urgan district of Afghanistan's Paktika province, March 27, 2011. Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team members, which include U.S. forces, delivered the books and met with students and teachers on their first day at school following the winter break.

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Teachers at Abu Herera School pass out rule of law comic books to first graders in the Urgan district of Afghanistan's Paktika province, March 27, 2011. Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team members, which include U.S. forces, delivered the books and met with students and teachers on their first day at school following the winter break.

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