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Soldiers are sorting vast quantities of equipment amassed at 13 Canadian bases across the country

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Canadian troops swap tales over coffee in their lounge at Camp Souter, just north of Kabul. The soldiers now have less than five months before being fully withdrawn from Afghanistan.Kiana Hayeri/The Globe and Mail

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Soldiers keep up their marksmanship with monthly visits to the camp’s shooting range.Kiana Hayeri/The Globe and Mail

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Photos and letters from family hang inside the dormitory of Canadian female soldiers.Kiana Hayeri/The Globe and Mail

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Much of the soldiers’ time is spent boxing up a 12-year accumulation of military paraphernalia.Kiana Hayeri/The Globe and Mail

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Camp Souter is British, but conveniently located near the airport where everything the Canadian soldiers are packing up will begin a journey home that is long and mostly by sea.Kiana Hayeri/The Globe and Mail

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Hockey sticks will not make the trip home.Kiana Hayeri/The Globe and Mail

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