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A combination picture shows Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers posing for portraits at their compound at Panjwai district in Kandahar
01 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A combination picture shows Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers posing for portraits at their compound at Panjwai district in Kandahar, June 1 2009.The international community should pay to more than double the size of Afghanistan's army and police force so that Western forces can go home, the country's defence minister Abdul Rahim Wardak has said in an interview in May 2009. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT MILITARY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Afghan men listen to Canadian soldiers during a visit to a school in Kandahar city, June 11, 2009. The soldiers were checking if the school could be a possible polling station ...




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