BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan (May 27, 2010) —An Afghan Border Policeman stands watch on the Freedom Bridge crossing the Amu Darya River. On 15th February, 1989 the last Soviet troops to withdraw from Afghanistan crossed the bridge into the, then, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. The bridge now carries rail and vehicular traffic and is the only border crossing between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. ( Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark O’Donald) Officer of the Afghan Border Police at the Afghanistan%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%93Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge

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