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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Kohistani and senior Korengal valley elders walk with international troops through the Korengal Outpost in Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 13, 2010. Pearl showed the elders the structures and equipment that would be left behind at the outpost as international and Afghan forces move out of the valley into more populated areas.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Kohistani and senior Korengal valley elders walk with international troops through the Korengal Outpost in Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 13, 2010. Pearl showed the elders the structures and equipment that would be left behind at the outpost as international and Afghan forces move out of the valley into more populated areas.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Brian Pearl, Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Kohistani and senior Korengal valley elders walk with international troops through the Korengal Outpost in Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 13, 2010. Pearl showed the elders the structures and equipment that would be left behind at the outpost as international and Afghan forces move out of the valley into more populated areas.

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