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U.S. and Afghan soldiers talk during a patrol to search for weapons caches and disrupt enemy activity in Tatanak in Afghanistan's Paktya province, June 14, 2012.

TATANAK TALK

U.S. and Afghan soldiers talk during a patrol to search for weapons caches and disrupt enemy activity in Tatanak in Afghanistan's Paktya province, June 14, 2012.

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