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Relatives and caretakers of women in labor wait outside the delivery rooms at Ahmad Shah Baba District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 24. 2014. (AP Photo/Cassandra Vinograd)

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An Afghan mother shows off her 3-hour-old baby in the maternity ward of Ahmad Shah Baba District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 24. 2014. (AP Photo/Cassandra Vinograd)

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Afghan women and their newborns rest in the maternity ward of Ahmad Shah Baba District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Cassandra Vinograd)

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Afghan guards of honor carry the coffin containing the remains of Afghan national army soldiers during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb.24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Members of the Honor Guard stand at attention near the caskets of victims of Afghan national army soldiers during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan guards of honor carry the coffin containing the remains of Afghan national army soldiers during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan guards of honor carry the coffin containing the remains of Afghan national army soldiers during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan guards of honor carry the coffin containing the remains of Afghan national army soldiers during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan guards of honor carry the coffin containing the remains of Afghan national army soldiers during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Afghan defense minister Gen. Bismullah Khan Mohammadi center, pray during a funeral ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Afghanistan’s defense minister has paid tribute at a somber ceremony to 21 soldiers killed in the deadliest single incident for the Afghan army in at least a year. The soldiers were killed Sunday when hundreds of heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked a remote Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar Province. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)