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Coalition forces talk with local merchants about recent attacks by insurgents during a dismounted patrol in the Muqer district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21, 2012. The insurgent attack resulted in multiple Afghan civilian killed and injured. Coalition forces conducted a dismounted patrol to engage merchants, villagers and key leaders in the area.

GHAZNI MERCHANT

Coalition forces talk with local merchants about recent attacks by insurgents during a dismounted patrol in the Muqer district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March 21, 2012. The insurgent attack resulted in multiple Afghan civilian killed and injured. Coalition forces conducted a dismounted patrol to engage merchants, villagers and key leaders in the area.

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