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Nebraska Guard soldiers will help Afghan farmers
Published Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 06:57 PM
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ About 50 members of a special Nebraska Army National Guard agricultural team are headed to Afghanistan. The team is made up of soldiers from across Nebraska. The soldiers will help farmers in north-Central Afghan provinces by conducting agricultural development planning, assessments and support. The goal of the mission is to expand legal agriculture and reduce rural poverty. A farewell ceremony will be held Monday in Lincoln. The team then heads to Camp Atterbury, Ind., before deploying to Afghanistan later this fall.

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