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Spc. Xanthin Luptak, a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion,

Spc. Xanthin Luptak, a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion,

Spc. Xanthin Luptak, a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, teaches an Afghan Uniformed Police officer how to deactivate an improvised explo... More

The Persistent Threat Detection System monitors insurgent

The Persistent Threat Detection System monitors insurgent

The Persistent Threat Detection System monitors insurgent activity from about 1,000 feet in the sky. The PTDS provides aerial surveillance for coalition forces enabling them to get an exact location of anything... More

A soldier of 2-502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

A soldier of 2-502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

A soldier of 2-502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division guards the perimeter of a compund in Maiwand District, Afghanistan, during an air assault mission.

Lt. Col. Mohammed Ali, commissar, Afghan Border Police/Weesh

Lt. Col. Mohammed Ali, commissar, Afghan Border Police/Weesh

Lt. Col. Mohammed Ali, commissar, Afghan Border Police/Weesh border crossing, has his iris scanned following the opening of a new biometrics facility in Weesh, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011. Travelers passing throu... More

Staff Sgt. Mark Reheard, a Marine musician with the

Staff Sgt. Mark Reheard, a Marine musician with the

Staff Sgt. Mark Reheard, a Marine musician with the 1st Marine Division (Forward) Band rehearses with his trumpet aboard Camp Leatherneck, Aug. 28. Reheard is one of 12 bandsmen from the 1st Marine Division (Fw... More

Key Leader Engagement in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan

Key Leader Engagement in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan

Soldiers from B Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Gladius, Forward Operating Base Morales Frasier, French soldiers, and Afghan soldiers set up their security positions during a key leader e... More

German recce company at Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan.

German recce company at Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan.

German recce company at Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan. The recce company is an asset of Regional Command South and are doing reconnaissance mission in the whole RC(S) area. (Photo by Ruud Mol)

Combined Counter Improvised Explosive Device Exercise

Combined Counter Improvised Explosive Device Exercise

A Combined Counter Improvised Explosive Device Exercise is conducted between the ANSF and ISAF.

ANSF save Coalition, civilian lives discover 2 IEDs

ANSF save Coalition, civilian lives discover 2 IEDs

Afghan national army soldiers from the 205th Kandak detonate an improvised explosive device discovered on a hillside in Sangin District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 29. The ANA soldiers found the IED wh... More

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram Provincial Reconstrucion Team in the village of Nijrab, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14, 2008. This is the first drop that the PRT has conducted... More

A military policeman pulls security while the Bagram

A military policeman pulls security while the Bagram

A military policeman pulls security while the Bagram Provincial Reconstrucion Team hands out donations to the villagers of Nijrab, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis)

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram

Local villagers receive humanitarian aid from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team in the village of Nijrab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan Jan. 14, 2008. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Tyffani L. Davis)

Afghan national army commandos, assisted by coalition

Afghan national army commandos, assisted by coalition

Afghan national army commandos, assisted by coalition forces, recovered a truckload of stolen goods in Kabul province, Jan. 14.The commandos set up a convoy to take the recovered stolen goods back to its original owner.

Afghan national police engineers

Afghan national police engineers

Afghan national police engineers prepare to render safe an improvised explosive device found along the side of the road in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Dec. 29. IEDs are the most prevalent insurgent tactic in... More

Afghan national army commandos from the 2nd Company,

Afghan national army commandos from the 2nd Company,

Afghan national army commandos from the 2nd Company, 205th Kandak, stand ready to provide security in the Tagab Valley of Kapisa province, Jan. 19. The commandos conducted a three-day operation to remove insurg... More

Afghan national security forces, advised by coalition

Afghan national security forces, advised by coalition

Afghan national security forces, advised by coalition forces, discovered and destroyed an unexploded anti-personnel mine located near an elementary school in Chamkani Village, Chamkani District, Paktya province... More

An Afghan National army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan National army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan National army medic explains how to use prescribed medicine to a young Afghan woman at a clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24. The clinic treats more than 400... More

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed medicine to a young Afghan woman at a clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24. The clinic treats more than 400 ... More

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed medicine to a young Afghan woman at a clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24. The clinic treats more than 400 ... More

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed

An Afghan national army medic explains how to use prescribed medicine to a young Afghan woman at a clinic at a combined military outpost in Farah province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24, 2008. The clinic treats more tha... More

An Afghan National Army soldier distributes food to

An Afghan National Army soldier distributes food to

An Afghan National Army soldier distributes food to Afghan villagers in Farah, Farah Province, Afghanistan. ANA and Coalition soldiers distributed goods to assist the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afgha... More

Afghan National Police and coalition forces visited

Afghan National Police and coalition forces visited

Afghan National Police and coalition forces visited dozens of children and distributed more than 500 lbs. of humanitarian items in the village of Sarposh, Khakrez District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Jan. ... More

Afghan national army 207th Kandak, assisted by coalition

Afghan national army 207th Kandak, assisted by coalition

Afghan national army 207th Kandak, assisted by coalition forces, conducted an emergency humanitarian aid mission to Familia Village, Shindand District, Herat province, Afghanistan, Jan. 24. The ANA-led force re... More

Afghan national police from Shkin, assisted by coalition

Afghan national police from Shkin, assisted by coalition

Afghan national police from Shkin, assisted by coalition forces, discovered three improvised explosive devices on a frequently traveled civilian road near the village of Kakakhel. The officers found three IEDs,... More

Students of Oshay School, in the Shahidi Hasas District

Students of Oshay School, in the Shahidi Hasas District

Students of Oshay School, in the Shahidi Hasas District of Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, show off their new notebooks on the opening day of classes, Feb. 10. Afghan nation army commandos from the 201st Kandak ... More

A U.S. Marine holds onto a parachute attached to a

A U.S. Marine holds onto a parachute attached to a

A U.S. Marine holds onto a parachute attached to a supply of water and food dropped by a C-130 cargo transport aircraft during Operation Backstop Dec. 11 in Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Th... More

Pfc. William Jones interacts with local Afghan children,

Pfc. William Jones interacts with local Afghan children,

Pfc. William Jones interacts with local Afghan children, Dec. 12, in the Helmand province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Jones is a radio operator with Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 3rd Ba... More

Lance Cpl. Michael Swagger remains vigilant while patrolling

Lance Cpl. Michael Swagger remains vigilant while patrolling

Lance Cpl. Michael Swagger remains vigilant while patrolling during Operation Gateway III in Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2008. Swagger is a fireteam leader with Company I, 3rd Batt... More

Combat Outpost Geiger sits on barren land in Farah

Combat Outpost Geiger sits on barren land in Farah

Combat Outpost Geiger sits on barren land in Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, during Operation Gateway III, Jan. 7. Operation Gateway III was a strategically planned operation to place combat ou... More

Staff Sgt. Josh Almadovar, Police Mentor Team, 33rd

Staff Sgt. Josh Almadovar, Police Mentor Team, 33rd

Staff Sgt. Josh Almadovar, Police Mentor Team, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pulls security alongside an Afghan national police riot squad member outside the Kabul soccer stadium, Kabul, Afghanistan. The A... More

An Afghan National Army medic gives medication to an

An Afghan National Army medic gives medication to an

An Afghan National Army medic gives medication to an Afghan woman in Peyo, Farah province, Afghanistan, March 7. The ANA delivered supplies and health care relief with the assistance of the Italian Army Operati... More

An ANA soldier passes out goods to a young girl in

An ANA soldier passes out goods to a young girl in

An ANA soldier passes out goods to a young girl in Safarak Village, Farah province, March 10. The ANA delivered supplies and health care relief for a village in Farah province north of the Farah Rud.

Medics tend to an Afghan man who had a seizure in the

Medics tend to an Afghan man who had a seizure in the

Medics tend to an Afghan man who had a seizure in the Village of Pasaw March 15. The ANA delivered supplies and health care relief for Pasaw Village in Farah province north of the Farah Rud.

The ANA delivered supplies and health care relief for

The ANA delivered supplies and health care relief for

The ANA delivered supplies and health care relief for Ranje Pain, a village in Farah Province north of the Farah Rud March 21. During the Civil Military Operation visit to the village the Sub Governor, Mulawi S... More

A MARSOC Marine pulls security near a poppy field in

A MARSOC Marine pulls security near a poppy field in

A MARSOC Marine pulls security near a poppy field in Peyo as Afghan National Army Soldiers and Marine Special Operation Command Marines patrol through the village in Farah province, Bala Baluk District, Afghani... More

A Special Operations Task Force Marine launches a raven

A Special Operations Task Force Marine launches a raven

A Special Operations Task Force Marine launches a raven into the night's sky for an aerial view of the area which they would be staying at over night to interrupt any Anti-Afghan forces activity on the road bet... More

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Luke Smith (left), Tactical

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Luke Smith (left), Tactical

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Luke Smith (left), Tactical Air Command and Control specialist, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Havens, Joint Terminal Air Control, of Hitchfield, Mich., who are attached ... More

Special Operation Task Force Marines write down vitals

Special Operation Task Force Marines write down vitals

Special Operation Task Force Marines write down vitals for an Afghan National Army soldier that hurt his back outside the village of Pasaw, Bala Baluk District, Farah province, Afghanistan May 9. As the convoy ... More

Mazar-e-Sharif Airport Implements New Security Measures

Mazar-e-Sharif Airport Implements New Security Measures

Afghan National Border Police stand outside with their ISAF partners for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in northern Afghanistan.

Afghan National Army soldiers patrol through the village

Afghan National Army soldiers patrol through the village

Afghan National Army soldiers patrol through the village of Shewan, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 12. Coalition forces set out to patrol throughout the village looking for anything suspicious due to recent a... More

Builiding complete, Afghanistan

Builiding complete, Afghanistan

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah's Civil Affairs and Civil Engineering team, along with Farahi Chief Justice and construction contractor members pose for a group photo in front of the com... More

Afghan National Security Forces gather together at

Afghan National Security Forces gather together at

Afghan National Security Forces gather together at the new location of the Marjaneh Afghan Uniformed Police checkpoint.

Village elders of the Ghormach district thank Lt. Col.

Village elders of the Ghormach district thank Lt. Col.

Village elders of the Ghormach district thank Lt. Col. Kyle Marsh, the commander of 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, of the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, for visiting with them for a shur... More

The Combat Logistics Battalion 6 Personal Security

The Combat Logistics Battalion 6 Personal Security

The Combat Logistics Battalion 6 Personal Security Detail is charged with providing the commanding officer of CLB-6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), a safe and efficient means of transportation through th... More

Mike Gooding, a contracted police trainer for Dyn Corp,

Mike Gooding, a contracted police trainer for Dyn Corp,

Mike Gooding, a contracted police trainer for Dyn Corp, attached to the 401st Military Police Company, takes part in folding an American flag at the Pole-Elam District Center, July 4, 2010, Logar province, Afgh... More

A young girl carrying tomatoes from the market, along

A young girl carrying tomatoes from the market, along

A young girl carrying tomatoes from the market, along with her brother, walks through the village of Padkuhabe Shaneh, July 5, 2010, Logar province, Afghanistan. U.S. Army soldiers travel dismounted through the... More

An Afghan National Policeman holding a rocket propelled

An Afghan National Policeman holding a rocket propelled

An Afghan National Policeman holding a rocket propelled grenade launcher travels dismounted through the village of Alowsi, July 6, 2010, Logar province, Afghanistan. Joint patrols are done to conduct security c... More

A young girl carrying water from a well along with

A young girl carrying water from a well along with

A young girl carrying water from a well along with her brother travel through the village of Udkheyl, July 7, 2010, Logar Province, Afghanistan. U.S. Army Soldier's travel's dismounted through the village to co... More

Left: U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis of Philadelphia,

Left: U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis of Philadelphia,

Left: U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis of Philadelphia, Pa., Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah civil affairs member and Female Engagement Team non-commissioned officer in charge and middle: Marsha Michel of ... More

Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team members attend

Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team members attend

Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team members attend a provincial council meeting July 8 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The meeting addressed security concerns that PC members were having.

A lone flower in a field stands tall during an all

A lone flower in a field stands tall during an all

A lone flower in a field stands tall during an all women’s shura conducted in the Shib Koh District in Farah province, Afghanistan, July 10. The women’s shura was proposed by Haidari, who invited the FET to lis... More

U.S. Army Cpl. Benjamin Wall, from Bangor, Pa., Khost

U.S. Army Cpl. Benjamin Wall, from Bangor, Pa., Khost

U.S. Army Cpl. Benjamin Wall, from Bangor, Pa., Khost Provincial Reconstruction team, and Afghan National Policemen provide security at the entrance to the main building at the new governor’s complex, July 11. ... More

Pvt. Thomas Peddicord, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry

Pvt. Thomas Peddicord, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry

Pvt. Thomas Peddicord, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, personnel security detachment team member, secures the perimeter of the governor's office during a meeting in Qalat City, Zabul province, July ... More

Village leaders and members of Provincial Reconstruction

Village leaders and members of Provincial Reconstruction

Village leaders and members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul discuss the needs of the village during a shura in Zabul province, July 13. A shura is a traditional meeting where tribal elders discuss major... More

Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan

Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan

Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan National Army 209th Corps, makes a brief stop at a newly constructed Afghan National Security Forces Forward Operating Base in Baghlan Province, July 14, befo... More

Public Health Officials hand out medical supplies to

Public Health Officials hand out medical supplies to

Public Health Officials hand out medical supplies to local villagers as part of the Village Medical Outreach Program conducted in Khorma Leq, Farah province, Afghanistan, July 19. Approximately 200-300 resident... More

U.S. Army Spc. Derik Fiasco, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Spc. Derik Fiasco, Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. Army Spc. Derik Fiasco, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul automatic rifleman, provides overwatch for his team at a traffic control point outside Qalat City, Zabul province, July 29. As a combined team, ... More

Afghan National Army's 209th Corps and coalition

Afghan National Army's 209th Corps and coalition

Afghan National Army's 209th Corps and coalition representatives meet with government officials from Takhar and Baghlan provinces, Aug. 1, to address security concerns in the region in preparation for the upcom... More

TF Iron Assists Government on Elections

TF Iron Assists Government on Elections

Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, gather with Afghan National Security Forces and Afghan Government officials, Aug. 1, in Paktika province, discussing the security p... More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ashley Smith

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ashley Smith

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Ashley Smith of Cashmere, Wash., Forward Surgical Team Farah operating room technician, left, provides medical treatment to an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Ope... More

(From left to right) U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alex Deseta,

(From left to right) U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alex Deseta,

(From left to right) U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alex Deseta, from St. Petersburg, Fla., and Staff Sgt. James Johnson, from Hartsville, S.C., speak with an Afghan National Army soldier at an ANA compound Parwa’i village ... More

Pfc. Kyle McCann, infantryman in the Massachusetts

Pfc. Kyle McCann, infantryman in the Massachusetts

Pfc. Kyle McCann, infantryman in the Massachusetts National Guard, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, peers through the scope of his M4 assault rifle, pulling security from a doorway of the urban warfare r... More

Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan

Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan

Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan National Army 209th Corps, hosted a security meeting with top NATO and Afghan National Security Force representatives in Regional Command North Aug. 28 at Cam... More

From left to right: Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah

From left to right: Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah

From left to right: Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Sanaullah Bader, Afghan National Army 209th Corps; Maj. Gen. Ghulam Mujtaba Patang; Regional Commander North of the Afghan National Police; and International Secu... More

Left to right: Abdul Zair Assistant Site Manager,

Left to right: Abdul Zair Assistant Site Manager,

Left to right: Abdul Zair Assistant Site Manager, Construction Mechanic Second Class Andy Tran Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah engineer and an interpreter for PRT Farah discuss construction progress of the... More

Rahim Faizi, head nurse of Farah City Hospital and

Rahim Faizi, head nurse of Farah City Hospital and

Rahim Faizi, head nurse of Farah City Hospital and Builder Chief Sean Walters of Leavenworth, Kan., engineering chief for Provincial Reconstruction Team discuss the quality of the electrification project at Far... More

Rice, meatballs and corn are placed on plates in preparation

Rice, meatballs and corn are placed on plates in preparation

Rice, meatballs and corn are placed on plates in preparation for the Iftar Dinner held at Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan, Sept. 6. Dignified leaders in Farah Province, Coalition forces and United ... More

Joe Quinn of Boston, Mass., Counterinsurgency Advisory

Joe Quinn of Boston, Mass., Counterinsurgency Advisory

Joe Quinn of Boston, Mass., Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Team, left, and U.S. Army Capt. Patrick Dowdell of Ft. Carson, Colo., Chief of Operations, 4/42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Comb... More

U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction

U.S. service members assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team wait to open gifts during a special Christmas in September celebration at Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, Sept. 12. The event was orche... More

A new Persistent Surveillance System is launched at

A new Persistent Surveillance System is launched at

A new Persistent Surveillance System is launched at Camp Julien, Sept. 14, to provide the Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force officials with an extra level of surveillanc... More

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds during a shura in the remote district of Pur Chaman, Afghanistan, Sept. 15. Gov. Amin and other provincial level officials conducted a two-day visit to ... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Edwin O. Crespo of Puerto Rico, a gunner

U.S. Army Pfc. Edwin O. Crespo of Puerto Rico, a gunner

U.S. Army Pfc. Edwin O. Crespo of Puerto Rico, a gunner with 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, provides security for his platoon outside the village of Angla Ka... More

ANP Provides Election Security

ANP Provides Election Security

The Afghanistan National Police is working hard to provide security at polling locations throughout Helmand province. This is an Afghan-led effort to provide security and is part of a country-wide effort to pro... More

Afghan Elections, Afghanistan

Afghan Elections, Afghanistan

Tooryalai Weesa, governor of Kandahar province voting at 9am this morning in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

An Afghan boy gives thumbs up signs, as U.S. Army Special

An Afghan boy gives thumbs up signs, as U.S. Army Special

An Afghan boy gives thumbs up signs, as U.S. Army Special Forces and Afghan National Police patrol the area to improve security and increase stability in the village of Rabat, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sep... More

An Afghan boy gives thumbs up signs, as U.S. Army Special

An Afghan boy gives thumbs up signs, as U.S. Army Special

An Afghan boy gives thumbs up signs, as U.S. Army Special Forces and Afghan National Police patrol the area to improve security and increase stability in the village of Rabat, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 19.

Afghan National Police scan the area for insurgent

Afghan National Police scan the area for insurgent

Afghan National Police scan the area for insurgent activity along the Afghan and Pakistan border, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2010.

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin speaks to audience

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin speaks to audience

Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin speaks to audience members during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Farah Wholesale Market in Farah, Afghanistan, Sept. 27. The market, a joint Government Islamic Republi... More

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah listen

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah listen

Members from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah listen as the Governor Rahool Amin addresses the villagers of Togj in Farah Afghanistan, Sept. 29. After three years of contract refinements and construction, F... More

Spc. Robert Whitehead, of Purvis, Miss., a security

Spc. Robert Whitehead, of Purvis, Miss., a security

Spc. Robert Whitehead, of Purvis, Miss., a security guard for Headquarters Support Company of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands guard near the entrance to Camp Black Horse, Oct. 10. Whitehead an... More

ANA Soldiers Patrol, Maintain Security

ANA Soldiers Patrol, Maintain Security

Afghan National Army soldiers with the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, return to Forward Operating Base Musa Qal’eh after completing a local security patrol in the Musa Qal’eh District center, Oct. 7. The... More

Spc. Adam Hatch, 1136th Transportation Company, Maine

Spc. Adam Hatch, 1136th Transportation Company, Maine

Spc. Adam Hatch, 1136th Transportation Company, Maine Army National Guard, checks the underside of a truck for bombs, drugs or any other harmful substance that might cause a threat to the camp, Oct. 7, at Camp ... More

U.S. Army Spc. Martin Jackson, a native of Clinton,

U.S. Army Spc. Martin Jackson, a native of Clinton,

U.S. Army Spc. Martin Jackson, a native of Clinton, S.C., a driver for the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team, pauses to receive last minute instructions prior to driving his mine resistant ambush protected... More

Lance Cpl. Anthony J. Macozzie, a Marine with Weapons

Lance Cpl. Anthony J. Macozzie, a Marine with Weapons

Lance Cpl. Anthony J. Macozzie, a Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, exits a local’s compound after searching for weapons, bomb making materials, contraband and Taliban propaganda ... More

Two members of the Afghan National Police pull security

Two members of the Afghan National Police pull security

Two members of the Afghan National Police pull security around an injured ANP non-commissioned officer during an improvised explosive device attack drill during the NCO graduation. The drill was designed to dem... More

Lt. Col. Mubark Sha, commanding officer for Afghanistan

Lt. Col. Mubark Sha, commanding officer for Afghanistan

Lt. Col. Mubark Sha, commanding officer for Afghanistan National Police in Marjah, addresses a crowd in front of Afghani Press during a security shura at a Marine Corps Base in Northern Marjah, Oct. 22. As part... More

A member of an Afghan-international security force

A member of an Afghan-international security force

A member of an Afghan-international security force pulls security while searching a compound in Kandahar province, Afghanistan to look for a Taliban IED senior leader known to construct suicide vests, Oct. 25, ... More

Afghan-International Security Forces capture Taliban senior leader

Afghan-International Security Forces capture Taliban senior leader

Members of an Afghan-international security force prepares to enter a compound in Kandahar province, to look for a Taliban IED senior leader known to construct suicide vests, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2010. The sen... More

Narang District Sub-Gov. Haji Gulam Nabi addresses

Narang District Sub-Gov. Haji Gulam Nabi addresses

Narang District Sub-Gov. Haji Gulam Nabi addresses village elders at the Narang District Center here Nov. 2 during the Security and Development Shura. More than 100 village elders from across the district atten... More

Afghan police officers participate in drill and ceremony,

Afghan police officers participate in drill and ceremony,

Afghan police officers participate in drill and ceremony, Nov. 3, during police training at the Laghman province police academy. Sixty-two police officers graduated from the academy Nov. 4 at Police Headquarter... More

A Banshee Troop, Task Force Eagle Assault, scout weapons

A Banshee Troop, Task Force Eagle Assault, scout weapons

A Banshee Troop, Task Force Eagle Assault, scout weapons team departs Forward Operating Base Wolverine, Afghanistan for a reconnaissance and security mission to protect coalition forces and Afghan civilians fro... More

Department of Defense civilian Aaron Throop of Spokane,

Department of Defense civilian Aaron Throop of Spokane,

Department of Defense civilian Aaron Throop of Spokane, Wash., discusses generator operation and maintenance procedures with Afghan National Civil Order Police and Turkish contractors Jan. 31. Throop is assigne... More

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Erickson (right) of Waconia,

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Erickson (right) of Waconia,

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Erickson (right) of Waconia, Minn., civil affairs officer with the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, listens while Dr. Mehirulla Muslim, Nurgaram District subgovernor, speaks at Nu... More

Ministry of Interior Highlights Eid Security

Ministry of Interior Highlights Eid Security

Afghan Ministry of Interior Spokesman Bashary discussed the ministry's security plan for the upcoming Eid holiday at a press conference at MOI headquarters in Kabul today. Starting tomorrow and continuing throu... More

Task Force Eagle Assault, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade,

Task Force Eagle Assault, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade,

Task Force Eagle Assault, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots conduct a test fire before reconnaissance and security operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan.

Marines with General Support Security Platoon, Headquarters

Marines with General Support Security Platoon, Headquarters

Marines with General Support Security Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), recover a mine roller near Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, Nov. 16. ... More

The terrain in the city of Ghazni ranges from flat

The terrain in the city of Ghazni ranges from flat

The terrain in the city of Ghazni ranges from flat plains to mountainous. Ghazni, Afghanistan, Nov. 18. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Howe)

An Afghan family lives in a tent in Ghazni province,

An Afghan family lives in a tent in Ghazni province,

An Afghan family lives in a tent in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Many families in Afghanistan are very poor and forced to live in poverty, Nov. 20. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Howe)

An Afghan National soldier advances the patrol while

An Afghan National soldier advances the patrol while

An Afghan National soldier advances the patrol while a Polish soldier pulls security in the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan. Afghan troops, and uniformed police are stepping up their involvement and taking a more a... More

Deputy Provincial Gov. Murtaza Qalandarzai speaks with

Deputy Provincial Gov. Murtaza Qalandarzai speaks with

Deputy Provincial Gov. Murtaza Qalandarzai speaks with local leaders of the Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and International Security Assistant Forces about security and the protection of the peop... More

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