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U.S. Army soldiers watch for enemy movement during a patrol in the mountains near the Pakistani border in the Paktika province of Afghanistan on March 30, 2007. The patrol is part of a mission intended to disrupt enemy movement in areas known to have enemy activity. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.

U.S. Army soldiers watch for enemy movement.

U.S. Army soldiers watch for enemy movement during a patrol in the mountains near the Pakistani border in the Paktika province of Afghanistan on March 30, 2007. The patrol is part of a mission intended to disrupt enemy movement in areas known to have enemy activity. The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.

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