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**FILE** A member of U.S. special operations forces and an Afghan National Army soldier search Oct. 31, 2009, for roadside bombs during a joint patrol in Shewan, a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan's Farah province. (Associated Press)
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An Afghan National Army solider destroys poppies in Nangarhar province in 2007. Since then, opium production has decreased significantly as farmers are encouraged to grow alternative cash crops. (Associated Press)
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A Canadian Army soldier, mentoring the Afghan National Army, follows a training session of Afghan National Army soldiers at the Kabul Military Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul on Wednesday. The Afghan National Army will be tasked with providing security throughout Afghanistan after the last international troops pull out in 2014. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** An Afghan National Army soldier stands in front of the gate of the newly refurbished Pul-e-Charkhy prison during an opening ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, in March 2007. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)
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Brig. Gen. Dean Milner (center), commander of Canadian forces in Afghanistan, and Afghan army Brig. Gen. Ahmad Habibi (right) give the lay of the land to U.S. Army Col. Todd Wood (left) at an observation post on Forward Operating Base Sperwan Ghar in the Panjwaii district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The Canadians will end combat operations in July as troops withdraw from the southern region and transition to a noncombat training role. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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U.S. Army and Afghan army soldiers attached to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, congratulate each other during a training program graduation in Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 file picture, newly trained female officers of Afghan National Army take front seats as a new group of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
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A newly trained officer of the Afghan National Army takes a front seat as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at the National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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Newly trained female officers of Afghan National Army take front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Newly trained officers of the Afghan National Army pray as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at the National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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A newly trained officer of the Afghan National Army takes a front seat as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at the National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Newly trained female officers of the Afghan National Army take front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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Newly trained female officers of the Afghan National Army attend their graduation ceremony at the National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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Newly trained female officers of the Afghan National Army take front seats as a new batch of officers attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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Newly trained female officers of Afghan National Army attend their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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A Newly trained female army officer of Afghan National Army salutes as she receive her graduation certificate as fellow officers look on during their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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A newly trained female army officer of Afghan National Army receives her graduation certificate as fellow officers applaud during their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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A Newly trained female army officer of the Afghan National Army displays her graduation certificate as fellow officers applaud during their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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A newly graduated female army officer of Afghan National Army, Mariam Ghulam Rasool, right, poses for a photograph with one of her instructors from the American Army after their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2010. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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A newly graduated female army officer of Afghan National Army, Mariam Ghulam Rasool, right, pose for a photograph with one of her instructors of the American Army after their graduation ceremony at National Army's training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
