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A U.S. soldier provides security from an elevated position at the Khyber Border Coordination Center near Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Jan. 4, 2015. The soldier is assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Train, Advise, Assist Command East security force.

A U.S. soldier provides security from an elevated position at the Khyber Border Coordination Center near Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Jan. 4, 2015. The soldier is assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Train, Advise, Assist Command East security force.

A U.S. soldier provides security from an elevated position at the Khyber Border Coordination Center near Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Jan. 4, 2015. The soldier is assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Train, Advise, Assist Command East security force.

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