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U.S. soldiers hand out pens to Afghan children during a site assessment at the Dowry Rud Check Dam in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force and are deployed from the Rhode Island National Guard Company A, 1st Battalion of the 182nd Infantry Regiment.

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U.S. soldiers hand out pens to Afghan children during a site assessment at the Dowry Rud Check Dam in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force and are deployed from the Rhode Island National Guard Company A, 1st Battalion of the 182nd Infantry Regiment.

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