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82nd Airborne
 A side gunner on a Chinook 47 looks out over Helmand, Afghanistan on a return flight to Kandahar Air Base, February 21, 2003. Troops descended in Baghran Valley south of the Helmond River Valley in 'Operation Viper,' an operation expected to last at last three weeks as soldiers move from village to village and house to house searching for military hardware and signs of Taliban and al Qaeda sympathizers. REUTERS/POOL/David Swanson  A U.S. Chinook 47 lands in the Baghran Valley in the southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003. U.S. Special Forces were consolidating their troops in the Baghran valley, where they are trying to flush out Taliban fugitives believed to be hiding there. (AP Photo/David Swanson, Pool)  U.S. soldiers search a home in Walakohr, Baghran Valley, Afghanistan for weapons, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003.  U.S. soldiers board a Chinook 47 for a military operation in Bahgran Valley, southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003.  U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne cover a ridge in Baghran Valley, Afghanistan, where Taliban have been sighted, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003.  U.S. soldiers patrol Baghran valley, Afghanistan, where Taliban have been sighted, Wednesday, Feb.19, 2003.  A civil affairs officer from the 82nd Airborne interviews Engran village elders, in Baghran Valley, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003.  An Afghan man watches as soldiers from the 82nd Airborne search his village, in Baghran valley, Afghanistan), Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2003.  U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne use a metal detector as they search a home in the Baghran valley, Afghanistan, where Taliban Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003
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