Afghanistan Wartime Architecture May 2010
Part 3
 

Demonstrators write protest messages against Iran at the entrance gate of the Iranian Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 20, 2010. Protesters and rights groups alleged that Iran has executed 45 Afghans in recent weeks on drug smuggling charges. AP

A U.S. helicopter patrols around the village where insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Insurgents launched the assault Wednesday against the U.S.-run base, killing an American contractor and wounding nine service members in the second Taliban strike at NATO forces in and around the capital in as many days. AP

Afghans wak near the wall of U.S.-run Bagram Air Field after the insurgents launched an assault in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, killing an American contractor and wounding nine service members in the second Taliban strike at NATO forces in and around the capital in as many days. AP

Afghans commute behind the walls of the U.S.-run Bagram Air Field after insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Insurgents launched the assault Wednesday against the U.S.-run base, killing an American contractor and wounding nine service members in the second Taliban strike at NATO forces in and around the capital in as many days. AP

U.S soldiers wait after collecting the body of an insurgent from a vineyard near the Bagram airbase after insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, in Bagram, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. At least 10 insurgents have been killed and seven U.S. service members have been wounded so far in the attack on Bagram, which started at about 3 a.m. with rockets, small arms and grenades fired into the base, said Maj. Virginia McCabe, a spokeswoman for U.S. forces at Bagram. AP

Afghan and foreign investigators inspect the site of a suicide car bomb attack on May 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban attack targeting a NATO convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital has claimed the lives of soldiers and civilians after a suicide bomber struck using a van packed with explosives. Getty [Building in background damaged during Soviet-Afghanistan war.]

An Afghan policeman stops the motorbike riders near the U.S. air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital of Kabul. AP

Afghan police officer stands on alert on a road leading to the U.S. air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital of Kabul. AP

Afghan and foreign investigators inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on May 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide car bomber targeted NATO troops in the Afghan capital, killing at least 20 people during rush hour near parliament. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they had targeted 'invading NATO forces. Getty

Javed Stanikzai, left, waits outside the airport terminal for any information on his brother Zabiullah Stanikzai, who was traveling in the ill fated plane that crashed near the Salang Pass, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 17, 2010. AP

U.S. Army Capt. Max Hanlin, commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade, says his good-byes to children as he leaves a village gathering, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. AP

A young girl watches United States Army Lt. Hurley as he talks with Afghan men during a stop at a rural village while on patrol with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. AP

Security personnel look at the destruction caused after a suicide bomber detonated his cache of explosives late Sunday near the gate of an Afghan Border Police residence in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, May 17, 2010. AP

Security personnel look at the destruction caused after a suicide bomber detonated his cache of explosives late Sunday near the gate of an Afghan Border Police residence in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, May 17, 2010. AP

United States Army Lt. Gibbons, right, and Capt. Max Hanlin, both of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade, talk with Afghan men during a patrol to their rural village, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The men were gathering to celebrate the birth of one of their friends' first son. AP

Afghan letter writers wait for customers in Kabul May 17, 2010. Traditional letter writers in South Asia appear a dying breed amid rising literacy and Internet. But in Afghanistan with much criticised crime and violence coupled with high illiteracy levels, bad news can be good news for these writers-for-hire. In a country where more than two thirds of a population of 27 million are illiterate, letter writers have been a way for Afghans to communicate with each other for decades. Reuters

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk against the wind during a sandstorm following rain in central Kabul, on May 16, 2010. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend an international conference on Afghanistan due to be held in the capital, Kabul, in July, Afghan officials said. Getty

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk against the wind during a sandstorm following rain in central Kabul, on May 16, 2010. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend an international conference on Afghanistan due to be held in the capital, Kabul, in July, Afghan officials said. Getty

People survey the damage a severe storm caused on one of the main streets on May 16, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The storm caused power outages in some parts of the city. Today it was reported that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend a conference to be held in Kabul in July to bolster international support for President Hamid Karzai's plans to reintegrate Taliban combatants. Getty

1LT Joseph Theivert from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walks on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

A US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walks on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty [Here and at right, two sides of the same opening.]

SSG Richard Balch from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walks on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

An Afghan boy looks on while US soldiers from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walk on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

An Afghan walks by as a US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrols in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

US soldiers from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrol near Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

A US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrols a police post near Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

A US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrols a police post near Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

US soldiers from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walk on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

A US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrols through Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

An Afghan man looks on while US soldiers from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrol Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

US soldiers from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walk on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

US soldiers (L) from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walk on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

US soldiers from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV walk on patrol in Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

A US soldier from Bravo Troop 1-71 CAV patrols near Belanday village, Dand district in Kandahar on May 15, 2010. NATO and the United States are deploying thousands of extra soldiers in a strategy designed to bring a swift end to the conflict, with foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan expected to peak at 150,000 in August. Getty

A vendor uses a megaphone as he sells his goods to the brick kiln workers, at a brick factory May 14, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The brick factory, which employs approximately 70 adult and child laborers in the western part of the city, produces 21,000 bricks a day or 630,000 per month. Getty

Workers rest in their room after a days labour at a brick factory May 14, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The brick factory, which employs approximately 70 adult and child laborers in the western part of the city, produces 21,000 bricks a day or 630,000 per month. Getty

Workers mill about at sunset at a brick factory May 14, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The brick factory, which employs approximately 70 adult and child laborers in the western part of the city, produces 21,000 bricks a day or 630,000 per month. Getty

An Afghan boy prepares to bowl a ball while playing cricket inside the ruins of a compound, which use to be home to a timber manufacturing factory in the late 80's, on the western outskirts of Kabul on May 14, 2010. Two NATO soldiers fighting in Afghanistan to quell a Taliban-led insurgency were killed in attacks, the military said. One was killed in an 'insurgent attack' in the east of the country and the other died after a crude Taliban-style bomb exploded in the south on May 13, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. Getty

Workers carry bricks at a brick factory May 14, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The brick factory, which employs approximately 70 adult and child laborers in the western part of the city, produces 21,000 bricks a day or 630,000 per month. Getty

Local residents throw stones at the district headquarters office as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians. AP