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U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake holds two puppies he found at an observation post in the Aziz Khan Kats Mountain Valley range near Jalalabad in Afghanistan's Laghman province, April 15, 2011. Blake is assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment. The puppies had been living with Afghan soldiers.

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U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake holds two puppies he found at an observation post in the Aziz Khan Kats Mountain Valley range near Jalalabad in Afghanistan's Laghman province, April 15, 2011. Blake is assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment. The puppies had been living with Afghan soldiers.

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