Afpak Photo War
Archive 12

Afghan children gather around U.S. Army Spc. Marvin Dietrich near the village of Sultani, Afghanistan, Oct. 26, 2009. Dietrich is a security forces member with Provincial Reconstruction Team Paktika. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards/Released) Date Posted: 11/10/2009

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division attend a memorial ceremony at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2009. Seven Soldiers and one translator lost their lives Oct. 27, 2009, to an improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Kandahar province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The ceremony was held in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Luis Gonzalez, Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, Sgt. Issac Jackson, Sgt. Patrick Williamson, Spc. Jared Stanker, Pfc. Christopher Walz and translator Mohammed Nasiry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II/Released) Date Posted: 11/10/2009

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, talks with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the commanding general of Marine Expedtionary Brigade-Afgahnistan, during his visit to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct 28, 2009. (DoD Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bradley A. Lail/Released) Date Posted: 11/10/2009

U.S. military members and Afghan officials from Zabul province attend a celebratory lunch after the groundbreaking ceremony for the first all-girls high school in Qalat, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence/Released) Date Posted: 11/10/2009

[Above and below] U.S. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment load onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is deploying to Afghanistan in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force. The Marines will participate in counterinsurgency operations, training and mentoring with Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 6/17/2009

[Above and below] U.S. Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment board a C-17 Globemaster aircraft at Manas Air Force Base, Kyrgyzstan, Feb. 6, 2009, in preparation for a deployment to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini/Released) Date Posted: 2/9/2009

Afghan workers covered to protect themselves from the wind and the cold, walk past a row of NATO French Foreign Legion Armored Personnel Carriers at the Tora Forward Base near Surobi some 50 kms East of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. AP

French Foreign Legionnaires leave the Rocco combat outpost in the Uzbeen valley, Surobi disctrict, some 50 kms north-east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, as others relieve them from their duty. They later boarded armored personnel carriers. AP

An Afghan worker stands on top of concrete blast walls at the Eagle Desert Construction company on November 09, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. With security worsening in Kabul and beyond, along with thousands of American troops arriving this year, business has been thriving. While blast walls have been a common sight in Baghdad for years now, Kabul's streets have been changing steadily with the unpredictable suicide bombings and recent Taliban attack on a private international guest house on October 28 that killed five and wounded nine people. The UN has now temporarily removed 600 staff and demanded all UN personnel to move to more secure housing with a high level of security. Getty

[Above and below] U.S. Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment convoy in Stryker vehicles through Dab Pass to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sweeney, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2009. Dab Pass is a narrow mountain route and high-risk area for improvised explosive devices and Taliban activity. The Soldiers are deployed to FOB Wolverine, Zabul province, Afghanistan, conducting counterinsurgency operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones/Released) Date Posted: 11/9/2009

A U.S. Army Pilot flying a UH-61 Blackhawk helicopter, drops ammunition and water to U.S. Soldiers, from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, following a three hour gun battle, in Waterpur Valley, at Kunar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 3, 2009. (U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Moeller/Released) Date Posted: 11/5/2009

U.S. Army Spc. Jon Wash, a sniper with Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security on Tower No. 3 Nov. 3, 2009, at Company Operating Post Sangar, Shajoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) Date Posted: 11/6/2009

U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., patrol in the village of Daftani, Afghanistan, Nov. 3, 2009. The Soldiers are working to gather information about the Taliban presence in area villages. They are deployed to Company Operating Post Sangar, Shajoy district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released) Date Posted: 11/6/2009

[Above and below] U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a mounted patrol through the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 31, 2009. Marines conduct patrols to decrease insurgent activity and gain the trust of the Afghan people. The Marines are deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg/Released) Date Posted: 11/5/2009