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©Stars and StripesAfghanistan, November, 2009: A soldier with 3rd Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment moves toward the site of a roadside bomb in the Tangi Valley, an area that had never seen a U.S. presence before the summer of 2009. Since Company A's arrival, more than 70 roadside bombs had been detonated or discovered