A British soldier from the Royal Army Veterinary Corps leads a trained protection dog around a pen at Camp Bastion, a British military base in southern Afghanistan, August 31, 2008. When British troops go on patrol in Afghanistan, they're increasingly taking specialist canine teams along with them, trained to sniff out buried bombs, concealed explosives or suspected Taliban militants hiding in the undergrowth. Since roadside bombs laid under pressure plates have become one of the Taliban's most-favoured and most-lethal weapons, the eager four-legged warriors and their handlers have become an indispensible aid in the grinding seven-year-old conflict. REUTERS/Luke Baker (AFGHANISTAN)
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