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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, left, deputy commanding general for security, Combined Joint Task Force 76, 10th Mountain Division, meets with Afghan Gen. Mulwana, right, and village elders during a key leaders engagement in the village of Landikheyl, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden


U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jon Ours, with Task Force Gauntlet, 10th Mountain Division, uses a metal detector to search for buried weapons caches in the village of Landikheyl, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden

U.S. Army soldiers of 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal personnel prepare to dig through the mountainous region of Landikheyl, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2006, in search of weapons caches. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden

U.S. Army soldiers from the 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard, prepare to take up security positions on a hilltop in Landikheyl, Afghanistan, after searching for weapons caches in the region Nov. 25, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden

An Afghan army soldier and Afghan Gen. Mulwana watch as U.S. Army soldiers with Task Force Gauntlet, 10th Mountain Division, and U.S. Air Force airmen with Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit destroy weapon caches surrounding the village of Landikheyl, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Landikheyl, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2006, after performing a search for weapons caches in the mountainous region. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dexter D. Clouden


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