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An Afghan soldier searches a home after arriving with U.S. Marines in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province, which is a stronghold of Taliban insurgency.

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( Joe Raedle / Getty Images / July 2, 2009 )

An Afghan soldier searches a home after arriving with U.S. Marines in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province, which is a stronghold of Taliban insurgency.

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