Afghanistan Photo War 4 Part 2

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af-photo-war-03.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 3                          June 22, 2009
af-photo-war-02.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 2                          June 22, 2009
af-photo-war-01.htm   Afghanistan Photo War 1                          May 15, 2009

Afghanistan Photo War 4 Part 2
In this picture released exclusively to Reuters on January 31, 2009, Taliban militants with their weapons pose for pictures in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan January 30, 2009. Picture taken January 30, 2009. Alienated young British Muslims who were drawn to al Qaeda extremism, have found an unexpected answer to their alienation in the story of Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside British soldiers in World War Two. Reuters released July 3, 2009	In this picture released exclusively to Reuters on January 17, 2009, Taliban militants are seen with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan January 16, 2009. Alienated young British Muslims who were drawn to al Qaeda extremism, have found an unexpected answer to their alienation in the story of Muslim soldiers who fought and died alongside British soldiers in World War Two. Reuters released July 3, 2009
A U.S. Marine keeps watch during a patrol in Sorkhdoz, in southern Afghanistan's lower Helmand River valley, July 3, 2009. The Marines spent their first night in the valley after seizing towns and villages there in a massive helicopter and ground assault known as Operation Strike of the Sword. Reuters	A U.S. Marine raises his weapon during a patrol in Sorkhdoz, in southern Afghanistan's lower Helmand River valley, July 3, 2009. The Marines spent their first night in the valley after seizing towns and villages there in a massive helicopter and ground assault known as Operation Strike of the Sword. Reuters
U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes positions along a tree line in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. AP	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. maneuver into position during a firefight on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
Bravo Company commander Cpt. Drew Schoenmaker of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines gathers with his Marines in a abandoned farm house in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. AP	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. search for targets as they take enemy fire on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. shoot at enemy targets during a firefight on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take cover as a 500 lb bomb explodes on a compound after the Marines took two days of enemy fire from the position on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. move across a field as they prepare to check on a compound where a 500 lb bomb was dropped after the Marines took two days of enemy fire from the location on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. move in on a compound where a 500 lb bomb was dropped after the Marines took two days of enemy fire from the location on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. sight their weapons on a target on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take cover during a firefight on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take cover during a firefight on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 3: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take up a fighting position on July 3, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of Operation Khanjari which was launched to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a supply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, along with approximately 650 Afghan soldiers and police officers from the Afghan National Security Force (ANSF), prepare to board CH-53D Sea Stallion and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. The Marines and ANSF are partnered for a major operation in the Helmand Province to transition security responsibilities to the Afghan forces. The Marines and ANSF will move into towns and villages along the Helmand River Valley in an effort to secure the population from the threat of the Taliban and other insurgent intimidation and violence. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Philippe E. Chasse/Released)

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Undated handout photo supplied by the British Ministry of Defence on July 2, 2009, shows Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards sitting at an undisclosed location. One of two British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan this week was a commanding officer, the first senior official to die on operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said on July 2. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, and Trooper Joshua Hammond of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment were killed in an explosion on July 1, near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. Thorneloe, who commanded about 650 officers and soldiers, was the first CO to be killed on operations since January 1991, during the first Gulf War. The last army CO killed on active duty died in May 1982, during the Falklands War. Getty Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe (C), Commanding Officer 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, patrols with two Afghan National army soldiers in Nad e Ali, Afghanistan, in this undated handout photograph released by Britain's Ministry of Defence on July 2, 2009. Thorneloe, one of the most senior British army officers in Afghanistan, has been killed in an explosion in the southern province of Helmand, the defence ministry in London said on Thursday. Reuters	Undated handout photo supplied by the British Ministry of Defence on July 2, 2009, shows Trooper Joshua Hammond of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment at an undisclosed location. One of two British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan this week was a commanding officer, the first senior official to die on operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said on July 2. Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, commanding officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, and Trooper Joshua Hammond of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment were killed in an explosion on July 1, near Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. Getty
U.S. Staff Sergeant Blake Lundsfrom of 775A EOD from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division stands next to a de-mining robot after improvised explosive devices (IED) were discovered on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters	A U.S. soldier of 775A EOD from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division takes pictures of a detonated mortar shell on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters
U.S. Staff Sergeant Blake Lundsfrom of 775A EOD from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division prepares for demining operation after an improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters	U.S. soldiers of 10th Mountain Division detonate discovered improvised explosive device (IED) placed on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters
A U.S. army de-mining robot with explosives approaches discovered improvised explosive devices (IED) on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters	A combo picture shows a water tunnel with discovered improvised explosive device (IED) placed in jerrycans (blue and yellow) before (L) and after it was detonated by U.S army soldiers on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters
U.S. soldiers of 2nd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division scan the area after discovering improvised explosive devices (IED) on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters	U.S. soldiers of 10th Mountain Division detonate discovered improvised explosive device (IED) placed on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters
U.S. soldiers of 10th Mountain Division secure the area after discovering improvised explosive devices (IED) on the road near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters	U.S. soldiers of 2rd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division prepare for a night patrol at Combat Operation Outpost (COB) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters
U.S. soldiers of 2rd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division joke with newly ranked Sergeant Raymond Amazado as he performs push ups at Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters	U.S. soldiers of 10th Mountain Division walk on a log across a water channel near Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlon in mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2009. Reuters
U.S Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines climb on to a rooftop of a house after arriving in an an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. AP	U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines temporarily occupy a house after arriving in an overnight air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. AP
U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines rest along a tree line after arriving in an overnight air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. AP	U.S Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines guards a road after landing by helicopter in an overnight air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. AP
U.S Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines take positions behind a berm as a medivac helicopter circles above after Marines arrived in a night air assault in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. AP	U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines board helicopters at Camp Leatherneck for a night air assault in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. AP
German Defense Minister Franz-Josef Jung (R) pays his respect for three fallen soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr during a memorial service in Bad Salzungen, eastern Germany, July 2, 2009. The soldiers were killed during an attack near Kunduz in Afghanistan on June 24, 2009. Reuters	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 2: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. run to a new position as they take enemy fire during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 2: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take a new position as they take enemy fire during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 2: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. look to return fire during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 2: A U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. aims his weapon at where enemy fire is coming from during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. AP
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 2: A U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. keeps an eye out to where enemy fire is coming from during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 1: A U.S. Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. yells to his fellow Marines as they take enemy fire during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
US Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8 Marine Regiment of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade wait to board helicopters as they leave to take part in Operation Khanjar - Strike of the Sword - at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province on July 2, 2009. US Marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan early on July 2 as President Barack Obama's new war plan swung into action. Operation Khanjar involved nearly 4,000 US forces as well as 650 Afghan police and soldiers, the Marine Expeditionary Brigade said, announcing the pre-dawn launch of the drive in southern Helmand province. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 02: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. prepare to search a building during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 2: U.S. Marine Captain Eric Meador from Laurel, Mississippi of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. takes up a fighting position during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 2: U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take up position inside a compound during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
U.S Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines wait at Camp Leatherneck to board helicopters for a night air assault in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. AP	MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN- JULY 02 : A U.S. Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. runs across a street as they take enemy fire during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty
MAIN POSHTEH, AFGHANISTAN - JULY 02: A U.S. Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. takes up a fighting position after off loading from a helicopter during the start of Operation Khanjari on July 2, 2009 in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of an operation to take areas in the Southern Helmand Province that Taliban fighters are using as a resupply route and to help the local Afghan population prepare for the upcoming presidential elections. Getty	US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade walk towards the helicopter as part of Operation Khanjar at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province in Afghanistan on July 2, 2009. US Marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan before dawn as President Barack Obama's new war plan swung into action. With dozens of aircraft ferrying out troops from various bases, the assault aimed to insert forces into insurgent strongholds in Helmand province in what officers said was the biggest offensive airlift by the Marines since Vietnam. Operation Khanjar (Strike of the Sword), involving nearly 4,000 US forces as well as 650 Afghan police and soldiers, would bring security to the Helmand River valley ahead of presidential elections on August 20, commanders aid. Getty