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Afghan police officers check out vehicles heading to Kandahar city on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new U.S.-Afghan-run checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Afghan police officers check out vehicles heading to Kandahar city on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new U.S.-Afghan-run checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Afghan police officers check out a vehicle heading to Kandahar city on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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An Afghan soldier takes a break for prayer on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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An Afghan soldier takes a break for prayer on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Afghan police officers check out a motorcycle driver heading to Kandahar city on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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Afghan police officers check out a motorcycle driver leaving Kandahar city on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at a new checkpoint on a desolate pass leading to the contested Arghandab Valley. The checkpoint is part of an unfinished security ring around Kandahar city that is meant to prevent Taliban fighters from easily launching attacks on the pivotal southern Afghanistan city. (Dion Nissenbaum/MCT)
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