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    Role-players dressed as Afghan policemen clear a mosque in a mock village where a sniper had been firing on them. ©David Gilkey/NPR In Mock Village, A New Afghan Mission Takes Shape At the Fort Polk military base in the pine forests of central Louisiana, the Army has created a miniature version of Afghanistan.

    Role-players dressed as Afghan policemen clear a mosque in a mock village where a sniper had been firing on them. ©David Gilkey/NPR

    In Mock Village, A New Afghan Mission Takes Shape

    At the Fort Polk military base in the pine forests of central Louisiana, the Army has created a miniature version of Afghanistan.