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Vehicles pass within inches of each other through the darkened Salang Tunnel in Parwan province, Afghanistan.  While there are other routes through the Hindu Kush, the tunnel is the quickest, most efficient road and deemed most protected from insurgent attacks.  (Photo by Staff Sgt. Derek M. Smith, 411th Engineer Brigade)

The Salang Tunnel has been the site of many disasters. Inside the tunnel can be pitch black. The air is filled with deadly carbon monoxide. After decades of conflict and neglect, Afghan and NATO leadership concluded something had to be done.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Alex Peyton, an agricultural specialist with the Nebraska National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team, the agricultural section for the Paktiya Provincial Reconstruction Team, poses for a picture in the ADT's conference room at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Sept. 1, 2012.

U.S. Army Sgt. Alex Peyton, an agricultural specialist from Gothenburg, Neb.
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