Afghanistan

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**FILE** Afghan National Army Lt. Col. Abdul Wakil Warzajy (left), battalion commander, gives orders to soldiers of the First Battalion before they set out on a search and capture mission towards the village of Noor Khiel village, Logar province, eastern Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Afghan Police officers inspect the scene after a bomb explosion in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. At least five civilians were injured as a bomb targeting a government employees' bus went off Monday morning, a police source said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan police inspect the scene after a bombing in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. At least five civilians were injured as a bomb targeting the government-employee vehice went off, a police source said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan police officers inspect the scene Aug. 13, 2012, after a bomb explosion in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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Afghans inspect the wreckage of a vehicle after a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Laghman province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. The bomb killed a district chief and three of his bodyguards. (Associated Press)

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Afghans push parts of a damaged vehicle off a hill after a roadside explosion on the outskirts of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. A provincial spokesman said a roadside bomb killed a district chief in eastern Afghanistan and three of his bodyguards. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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** FILE ** An Afghan man who was wounded in a suicide attack lies in a hospital in Samangan province north of Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, July, 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jawed Dehsabzi)

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** FILE ** An Afghan security man stands guard on the roof of a damaged house following a gun battle between militants and Afghan security forces on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)