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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Cesaitis secures a grape-drying house before members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and the U.S. Agriculture Department enter during a visit to a village near the city of Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province, May 8, 2011. Cesaitis is assigned to the reconstruction team.

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Cesaitis secures a grape-drying house before members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and the U.S. Agriculture Department enter during a visit to a village near the city of Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province, May 8, 2011. Cesaitis is assigned to the reconstruction team.

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