Afghanistan Wartime Architecture February 2010
Part 5

The writings on a wall in an abandoned building in an old hospital complex are photographed in the Panay section of the Giro district of the Ghazni province of Afghanistan, Feb. 4, 2010. Members of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team are the Giro district to assess the conditions of various buildings in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey/Released). Date Posted: 2/10/2010

An Afghan National Policeman keeps watch as members of the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) assess buildings in the Panay section of the Giro district in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan Feb. 4, 2010. Members of the Ghazni PRT are assessing the conditions of various buildings in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rebecca F. Corey/Released). Date Posted: 2/10/2010

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Satterfield, with 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, hands out newsletters to Afghan civilians in a bazaar in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2010. The newsletters tell readers how U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces are helping residents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released). Date Posted: 2/10/2010

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Morgan Boyd, with 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, meets with shop owners in a bazaar in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released). Date Posted: 2/10/2010

Afghan leaders, U.S. Marines, and Gov. Muhammad Gulab Mangal, provincial governor of Helmand, meet with U.S. officials in Delhi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2010. The U.S. Officials are visiting Afghanistan to meet with local officials and discuss issues affecting bilateral and regional relationships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Joshua T. Greenfield/Released). Date Posted: 2/9/2010

Afghan students watch as U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment visit their classroom in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

Afghan girls attend class in a new school in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2010. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

An Afghan merchant sits in his clothing shop in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2010. The shop is one of 44 new shops that have opened in the village market after U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment cleared the area of Taliban fighters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman/Released). Date Posted: 2/4/2010

Local Afghan children come out of their houses, to see an Afghan National Police patrol go through their neighborhood, at Mongow Khel Village, in Logar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2010. Patrols like this one help keep the area secured. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest/Released). Date Posted: 2/3/2010

U.S. Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, 76th Engineer Company, 19th Engineer Battalion build a troop tactical operations center at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II/Released). Date Posted: 2/3/2010

U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Division fire volleys during a memorial ceremony for Sgt. Carlos Edward Gill Feb. 3, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Ramrod, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released). Date Posted: 2/12/2010

Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, right, commander of NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan, meets with Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley before a briefing at Camp Eggers, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2010. Donley is meeting with NATO and Afghan National Security Forces leaders during his visit to Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Brown/Released). Date Posted: 2/3/2010

Members of the Afghan National Police from the Maiwand district process into the Task Force Legion Academy course at Combat Outpost Rath in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2010. U.S. Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment are conducting the two-week course to train Afghan National Security Forces in the region. The battalion is part of 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell/Released). Date Posted: 2/3/2010