Afghan War: Photo of the day

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ZHARI, Kandahar, Afghanistan — In Kandahar it’s all a matter of footing. Where you step and where you don’t.

In this photo by journalist James Foley, U.S. soldiers try to avoid improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, as they make their way through thick marijuana fields on a mission to surround a hostile town.

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