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Battleland Diary, March 17-23
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British Private Craig Owen, 23, of the 3rd Yorkshire Regiment, sweeps for explosive devices in a back corridor of a compound in the Yakhchal area of Helmand Province on operation 'Now Roz' (meaning New Day in in Dari), searching for evidence of insurgent activity Afghanistan on March, 18, 2012.