An Afghan National Army soldier poses with a poppy near the village of Karizonah, Afghanistan. @ (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)
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An Afghan National Army soldier poses with a poppy near the village of Karizonah, Afghanistan. @ (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

لکه ګل چې په اوبو باندې تازه شي. داسې زړه مې ستا کتو باندې تازه شي  “like a rose that becomes fresh with the touch of watersuch is my heart, becomes fresh at the sight of you.”
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لکه ګل چې په اوبو باندې تازه شي
. داسې زړه مې ستا کتو باندې تازه شي 

“like a rose that becomes fresh with the touch of water
such is my heart, becomes fresh at the sight of you.”

An Afghan policeman carries a poppy flower in the barrel of his gun (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
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An Afghan policeman carries a poppy flower in the barrel of his gun (Reuters/Baz Ratner)

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A young Afghan boy smells a flower as he watches a Cultural Support Team conduct an engagement with shop owners in the Oshay Bazaar, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2011.
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A young Afghan boy smells a flower as he watches a Cultural Support Team conduct an engagement with shop owners in the Oshay Bazaar, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2011.