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Patrick Barth Photography London
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Jalalabad, Eastern Afghanistan: Flight Medic Ssg Emmett Spraktes (right) tries calming one of three wounded ANA Afghan National Army soldiers while he being is treated in the Trauma Department of the FST (Forward Surgical Team). The soldier was wounded by an IED (improvised explosive device) explosion. The explosion left three ANA soldiers dead and three seriously wounded while on patrol close to the border with Pakistan.