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US Army captain becomes king in Afghanistan (SEBASTIAN ABBOT, 05/01/10, AP)

In the U.S. Army, Casey Thoreen is just a 30-year-old captain. Around here, he’s known as the “King of Maiwand” district — testimony to the fact that without the young captain and a fat international wallet, local government here as in much of the insurgency-ravaged south could not function at all.