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29 March 2010

Afghanistan Wartime Architecture 2001
Explosions from U.S. bombs rise over the Taliban positions in the Qala-Cata mountains, northern Afghanistan, in this Nov. 7, 2001 photo. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)	Air Force Special Tactics Operator Master Sgt. Bart Decker travels by horseback in Afghanistan in this Nov. 21, 2001 photo. Decker, 39, of McHenry, Ill., spent much of the next 12 days in a wooden saddle as the juxtaposition of modern and ancient warfare continued with U.S. Air Force jets bombing Taliban and Al-Qaida forces and Northern Alliance troops mounting cavalry charges. Military forces deployed in the war against Iraq have called up dolphins, dogs, horses and even chickens to fight in the war against the Saddam Hussein regime. (AP Photo/USAF,)
** FILE **A man Identified as "David, a U.S. military adviser" holds a Kalashnikov rifle during a prison uprising in a Northern Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in this Nov. 25, 2001 file photo. The Pentagon and the CIA have objected to recommendations of the Sept. 11 Commission that would centralize paramilitary operations. (AP Photo/ARD, File)	In this image made from video from German television, German TV journalist Arnim Stauth, left, talks to a man putting a handgun away who was identified by the source as "David, a U.S. military adviser" during an uprising at a northern alliance prison in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001. Northern alliance troops and captured loyalists of Osama bin Laden fought a second day of pitched battles in the mud-walled fortress Monday, with the prisoners raining mortar fire and rocket-propelled grenades on their former captors. (AP Photo/ARD)
U.S. Marines of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) dig forward positions nearby the marine forward base in southern Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 30, 2001. This group of infantry Marines are with Alpha Company and are the outermost line of defense set up for the Marine base. (AP Photo/ Jim Hollander/Pool)	U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry SMAWs, Shoulder Launched Multi-Purpose Assault Weapons, and lighter weapons, as they leave the Marine forward camp in southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, to take up positions on the perimeter of the base. The base is within striking distance of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool)
U.S. special forces troops survey the terrain at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Special forces troops worked Thursday to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)	U.S. special forces troops survey the area at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Special forces troops worked Thursday to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
U.S. special forces troops stand together at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Special forces troops worked, Thursday, to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)	U.S. special forces troops use remote control to detonate explosives at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. U.S. special forces cleared unexploded ammunition Thursday from around Mazar-e-Sharif's main airport, working to open the way for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
U.S. Marine Michael Sean Leo, left, from Diamondbar, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Ajmal Achekzai from Salt Lake City, Utah, raise the U.S. flag on the U.S. Marine forward base in southern Afghanistan, early Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. The base is within striking distance of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Achekzai was born in Afghanistan and left the country after the Soviet invasion. He is working with the command on the base as a Farsi and Pashto translator. He said "I'm coming back home... I get chills putting this flag up." (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, POOL)	A Northern alliance fighter kicks a body as he walks across the yard covered with bodies of pro-Taliban forces in a fortress prison near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. Several hundred pro-Taliban prisoners captured part of the fortress prison Sunday, and were defeated in three days of fighting which involved British and U.S. special forces. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
A Russian paramilitary walks past a compound full of Russian trucks in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. Twelve years after Soviet fighters were forced to withdraw in humiliation, armed Russian troops are back in Afghanistan, raising curiosity and some anxiety in the capital over the role international peacekeepers may play. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)	Identity pictures of detainies are scattered on the ground of a Kuduz, Afghanistan jail, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001, one day after the city fell from Taliban control to the hands of northern alliance forces. All prisoners detained in the jail were released by northern alliance forces. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A northern alliance fighter kicks a body as he walks over the yard covered with bodies of pro-Taliban forces in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. Several hundred pro-Taliban prisoners captured part of the fortress prison, Sunday, and were defeated in three days of fighting which involved British and U.S. special forces. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)	Northern alliance fighters walk over a yard covered with bodies of pro-Taliban forces in a fortress prison near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. Several hundred pro-Taliban prisoners captured part of the fortress prison Sunday, then were defeated in three days of fighting which involved British and U.S. special forces. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
U.S. special operation troops greet the local northern alliance commander while his soldiers fight pro-Taliban forces at a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 26, 2001. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)	Northern alliance fighters look at their tank destroyed when a U.S. jet mistakenly struck it during fighting against pro-Taliban forces in a fortress prison near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001. Northern alliance fighters helped by U.S. special forces claimed Tuesday to have quashed an uprising by captured Taliban after a third day of fierce fighting around the fortress prison. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
A group of northern alliance troops make their way by the fortress walls during fighting with pro-Taliban forces in the fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 26, 2001. Several hundred prisoners, mostly foreign fighters fighting on the Taliban side captured part of the mud-walled fortress where hundreds of their comrades were killed a day earlier, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)	Afghans Seiied Vali-Shah, left, and Hayattollah, both workers clearing debris at Herat airport, Afghanistan talk beside the wreckage of a Russian made MiG-17 Sunday Nov.18, 2001. Herat airport is littered with the carcasses of more than 20 Russian-made fighters that were destroyed in a U.S. airstrike in mid-October. (AP Photo/ Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Taliban commander Hanifi, second left, chief of security of the Afghan border post in Torkham, uses a satellite phone as AP correspondent Amir Shah, left, and Athens-based AP photographer Dimitri Messinis, second right, look on in Torkham, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001. At right is AP bureau chief in Pakistan Kathy Gannon, who is covered with a shawl to enable her to see her computer screen. Hanifi was using the AP satellite phone to call the Taliban Information Ministry in Kabul to verify information regarding approval for journalist visas allowing Gannon and Messinis to work in in Kabul. (AP Photo/Riaz Kham)	Australian cameraman Harry Burton, working for Reuters Television, puts on protective gear before boarding a U.S. Marines helicopter in Batugede, East Timor, in this Nov. 23, 1999 photo. Burton was among four international journalists missing Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, after they were pulled from their car by gunmen along a road between the eastern city of Jalalabad and the capital, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, shows Kandahar Airfield aircraft in Afghanistan before they were attacked. Navy strike aircraft prowled the skies over Afghanistan on Friday in search of new targets linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network after a pre-dawn attack north of Kabul. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said virtually all terrorist camps in Afghanistan had been "worked over" in a week of aerial bombardment. (AP Photo/Defense Department)	This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, shows Kandahar Airfield aircraft in Afghanistan after they were attacked. Navy strike aircraft prowled the skies over Afghanistan on Friday in search of new targets linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network after a pre-dawn attack north of Kabul. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said virtually all terrorist camps in Afghanistan had been "worked over" in a week of aerial bombardment. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, shows a Jalalabad terrorist training camp in Afghanistan before it was attacked. Navy strike aircraft prowled the skies over Afghanistan on Friday in search of new targets linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network after a pre-dawn attack north of Kabul. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said virtually all terrorist camps in Afghanistan had been "worked over" in a week of aerial bombardment. (AP Photo/Defense Department)	This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, shows a Jalalabad terrorist training camp in Afghanistan after it was attacked. Navy strike aircraft prowled the skies over Afghanistan on Friday in search of new targets linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network after a pre-dawn attack north of Kabul. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said virtually all terrorist camps in Afghanistan had been "worked over" in a week of aerial bombardment. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, shows Kabul military barracks in Afghanistan before they were attacked. U.S. ground forces are operating in northern and southern Afghanistan in a secretive phase of the war on terrorism, and additional troops are poised for commando raids in search of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida lieutenants, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Defense Department)	This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, shows Kabul military barracks in Afghanistan after they were attacked. U.S. ground forces are operating in northern and southern Afghanistan in a secretive phase of the war on terrorism, and additional troops are poised for commando raids in search of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida lieutenants, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
This undated Department of Defense handout released Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, shows a Charkhi motor vehicle and ordinance repair facility in Afghanistan before it was attacked. The front lines of battles between the Taliban militia and rebel forces won't be "a very safe place to be" for Taliban fighters, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday as U.S. warplanes carried out the biggest daylight attacks so far over Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Defense Department)	This undated Department of Defense handout released Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, shows a Charkhi motor vehicle and ordinance repair facility in Afghanistan after it was attacked. The front lines of battles between the Taliban militia and rebel forces won't be "a very safe place to be" for Taliban fighters, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday as U.S. warplanes carried out the biggest daylight attacks so far over Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
This undated Department of Defense handout released Friday, Oct. 12, 2001, shows the Kandahar SAM missle storage facility in Afghanistan before it was attacked. Navy strike aircraft prowled the skies over Afghanistan on Friday in search of new targets linked to the al-Qaida terrorist network after a pre-dawn attack north of Kabul. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said virtually all terrorist camps in Afghanistan had been "worked over" in a week of aerial bombardment. (AP Photo/Defense Department)	This undated Department of Defense handout released Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, shows Taliban military buildings in Kabul, Afghanistan after they were attacked. Special operations troops capable of clandestine warfare are poised aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean, ready to launch search-and-destroy missions against the terrorists in Afghanistan and their Taliban supporters, military officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
This undated Department of Defense handout released Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, shows Taliban armored vehicles in Kandahar, Afghanistan before they were attacked. Special operations troops capable of clandestine warfare are poised aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean, ready to launch search-and-destroy missions against the terrorists in Afghanistan and their Taliban supporters, military officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Defense Department)	This undated Department of Defense handout released Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, shows Taliban armored vehicles in Kandahar, Afghanistan after they were attacked. Special operations troops capable of clandestine warfare are poised aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean, ready to launch search-and-destroy missions against the terrorists in Afghanistan and their Taliban supporters, military officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
According to the Department of Defense, this undated handout photo, released Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, shows a Kabul military deployment area in Afghanistan before it was attacked. (AP Photo/Defense Department) SEE NY124 FOR POST STRIKE PHOTO.	According to the Department of Defense, this undated handout photo, released Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, shows a Kabul military deployment area in Afghanistan after it was attacked. (AP Photo/Defense Department)
This undated Department of Defense handout shows a radio station in Afghanistan before it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:45:35	This undated Department of Defense handout shows a radio station in Afghanistan after it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:42:02
This undated Department of Defense handout shows the Mazar-e-Sharif Divisional Regiment Headquarters in Afghanistan before it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:43:03	This undated Department of Defense handout shows the Mazar e Sharif Divisional Regiment Headquarters in Afghanistan after it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:44:04
This undated Department of Defense handout shows Herat Airfield in Afghanistan before it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:29:21	This undated Department of Defense handout shows Herat Airfield in Afghanistan after it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:29:21
This undated Department of Defense handout shows the Kandahar surface-to-air missile site in Afghanistan after it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:27:16
This undated Department of Defense handout shows the Kandahar surface-to-air missIle site in Afghanistan before it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:25:48	This undated Department of Defense handout shows the Kandahar surface-to-air missile site in Afghanistan after it was attacked. U.S. airstrikes are targeting leaders of the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Taliban government that is harboring them in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday. (AP Photo/Defense Department) Submit Date 10/11/2001 17:24:15