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Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta gestures toward members of his staff as he welcomes U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work to a meeting at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2014.

Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta gestures toward members of his staff as he welcomes U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work to a meeting at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2014.

Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta gestures toward members of his staff as he welcomes U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work to a meeting at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2014.

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