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U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos provide security from a rooftop while residents of the Siya Boghal village walk to a shura, or meeting, in the northern Khas Uruzgan district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, March 16, 2013.

U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos provide security from a rooftop while residents of the Siya Boghal village walk to a shura, or meeting, in the northern Khas Uruzgan district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, March 16, 2013.

U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos provide security from a rooftop while residents of the Siya Boghal village walk to a shura, or meeting, in the northern Khas Uruzgan district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, March 16, 2013.

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