Soldiers of 570th Sapper Company, 14th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, talk at a strongpoint during clearing operations near Sher'Ali Kariz, Maiwand district, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012. The mission with 3rd Kandak, 3rd Brigade, Afghan National Civil Order Police and 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, Afghan National Army, located and destroyed insurgent weapons caches and improvised explosive devices. ( Army photo by Spc. Jason Nolte)(Released) Clearing operations in Sher'Ali Kariz 120225-A-QD683-119

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