Afghanistan Wartime Architecture April 2010
Part 3
 

A man works in a marble factory in Herat April 20, 2010. Afghan businessmen are confident that with new anti-corruption measures and foreign investment, they can carve out a lucrative industry from one of Afghanistan's most abundant natural resources. Picture taken April 20, 2010. Reuters

An Afghan woman registering as a parliamentary election candidate has her picture taken by an election worker in Kabul on April 20, 2010. Afghanistan began registering thousands of candidates for the war-torn country's parliamentary elections to be held on September 18, an electoral official said. Getty

An Afghan woman begs in Mazar-e-Sharif, northwest of Kabul, Aghanistan, Sunday, April 18, 2010. AP

Afghan police officers stand by their checkpoint after a bomb planted on a donkey exploded nearby, killing a 15-year-old boy Monday and wounding two police officers and two civilians in Kandahar city, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 19, 2010. AP

German army Bundeswehr soldiers stand to attention during the funeral service for four fallen comrades at their field camp in Mazar-i-Sharif April 18, 2010. Four German soldiers were killed and five wounded after coming under fire near Afghanistan's northern city of Baghlan on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks on Germany's forces in the country. Reuters

German army Bundeswehr soldiers pay their respects to four fallen comrades in a chapel at the field camp in Mazar-i-Sharif April 17, 2010. Four German soldiers were killed and five wounded after coming under fire near Afghanistan's northern city of Baghlan on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks on Germany's forces in the country. Picture taken April 17. [Note the chapel at the left in photo at left.]

German army Bundeswehr soldiers accompany the coffins holding the bodies of four fallen comrades during a funeral service at their camp in Mazar-i-Sharif April 18, 2010. Four German soldiers were killed and five wounded after coming under fire near Afghanistan's northern city of Baghlan on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks on Germany's forces in the country. Reuters

German army Bundeswehr soldiers stand to attention during the funeral service for four fallen comrades at their field camp in Mazar-i-Sharif April 18, 2010. Four German soldiers were killed and five wounded after coming under fire near Afghanistan's northern city of Baghlan on Thursday, in one of the deadliest attacks on Germany's forces in the country. Reuters

Afghanistan-unrest-Italy-hospital,FOCUS, by Lynne O'Donnell Vehicles are park at the talian aid organization Emergency hospital in Panshir Valley, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Kabul on April 17, 2010. Smudged thumb prints and scrawled signatures on a hastily-prepared petition are a sign of hope for Michaela Franz, whose colleagues are accused of plotting to kill an Afghan official. More than 12,500 signatures of support have been gathered in the rugged Panshir Valley, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Kabul, where Franz is medical coordinator of a 100-bed hospital for the Italian medical charity Emergency. The hospital is one of three in Afghanistan, along with 28 clinics and an orphanage, run by Emergency, which says it has treated 2.5 million people in the country in the past decade. Getty

Afghanistan-unrest-Italy-hospital,FOCUS, by Lynne O'Donnell An Afghan man receives treatment at the Italian aid organization Emergency hospital in Panshir Valley, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Kabul on April 17, 2010. Smudged thumb prints and scrawled signatures on a hastily-prepared petition are a sign of hope for Michaela Franz, whose colleagues are accused of plotting to kill an Afghan official. More than 12,500 signatures of support have been gathered in the rugged Panshir Valley, 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Kabul, where Franz is medical coordinator of a 100-bed hospital for the Italian medical charity Emergency. The hospital is one of three in Afghanistan, along with 28 clinics and an orphanage, run by Emergency, which says it has treated 2.5 million people in the country in the past decade. Getty

US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, set up a camouflage shade at their combat outpost in northern Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, on April 17, 2010. Two months after US Marines led what was billed the biggest offensive against the Taliban in more than eight years of war, several bombs are still exploding daily and troops still come under fire from insurgents. Getty