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From Boston.com's The Big Picture, what a real-life version of the Green Hornet's gas gun might look like. Taken in Afghanistan in February of this year, an Afghan army recruit is pictured shrouded in a cloud of shocking green smoke as he participates in a graduation parade after an oath ceremony at Ghazi military training center—an American effort to strengthen Afghan forces so they can fight against Taliban strongholds.

Soldier holding a flag amidst green smoke.

"In February, suicide attacks by militants increased, and villagers and Afghan officials accused NATO of killing a large number of civilians in airstrikes... Afghans and NATO-led soldiers are working and living through moments of sheer terror and numbing poverty. Through the strife, we see glimpses of the enduring human spirit."—Leanne Burden Seidel

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