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Afghan National Army soldiers march on Saturday, April 24 near tanks and armored personnel carriers which were destroyed in Soviet occupation and civil war, during a training exercise in Kabul. NATO hopes to grow the Afghan National Army from about 97,000 troops to 171,600 by the end of next year.

I wonder if it's possible for these recruits to imagine the current war ending in a setting so fraught with recent history.

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