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Police officers of the Afghan National Police secure the street to Balkh in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, 18 December 2012. The Bundeswehr will leave Afghanistan in 2014. Photo: MAURIZIO GAMBARINI Stock Photo - Alamy
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