Afghanistan Wartime Architecture May 2010
Part 4
 

U.S. soldiers and service members offer prayers at the moment of silence during a ceremony marking the Memorial Day at the main U.S. base in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 31, 2010. U.S. military death toll in the Afghan conflict reached the 1,000 mark on May 28, 2010. AP

A view of the tent where the upcoming peace "Jirga" assembly will be held at in Kabul May 27, 2010. Afghanistan is holding a peace Jirga or an assembly of powerful leaders, tribal elders and representatives of civil society to consider plans to open talks with Taliban leaders in an effort to end the nine-year conflict. Picture taken May 27, 2010. Reuters [Posted 30 May 2010.]

No caption. 30 May 2010. Getty

An Afghan man attends his sheep as Canadian soldiers with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, patrol the area around Salavat, Panjwayi district, south-west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 30, 2010. AP

Afghan workers prepare a carpet for an upcoming peace "Jirga" assembly, in front of a tent in Kabul May 29, 2010. Afghanistan is holding a peace jirga or an assembly of powerful leaders, tribal elders and representatives of civil society to consider plans to open talks with Taliban leaders in an effort to end the nine-year conflict. Picture taken May 29, 2010. Reuters

embers of the Afghanistan women's national boxing team take part in a training session in the National Olympic Stadium on May 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. After facing years of restrictions and oppression during the period of Taliban rule, Afghan women are again able to make use of sports clubs and private gyms and the national boxing team have sets their sights on competing at the London 2012 Olympics. However, in what is a highly segregated society in which Islam and clerics maintain extensive influence, there remain social constraints on where women can express themselves outside of schools or universities and access to sporting facilities remain limited. Getty

A Canadian soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, sets up a light in a tent to play with others at poker at their Forward Operation Base near Salavat, Panjwayi district, south-west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 29, 2010. AP

Canadian soldiers with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, play poker in a tent at their Forward Operation Base near Salavat, Panjwayi district, south-west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 29, 2010. AP

Afghan policemen secure the site of a car bomb explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a small NATO military base in southern Afghanistan's largest city, wounding two Afghans and destroying several cars, police said. AP

Soldiers of the 2nd Infantery Company rest on May 26, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

An Afghan girls pumps water to get something to drink during a hot day on May 25, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

British soccer player David Beckham, dressed in protective clothing, is seen running from an attack dog at the Theater Working Dog Unit during a visit to Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in this May 23, 2010 handout photograph. Photograph taken on May 23, 2010. Reuters

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Fazlullah Wahidi, Kunar provincial governor, is greeted by students of the Kunar Construction Center during his arrival at the KCC’s seventh graduation ceremony in the Shingal District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province May 25. More than 100 young men graduated as skilled laborers in masonry, rebar-bending, carpentry, plumbing, electrical wiring and painting. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb)

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Craig Marshall (right) from Jerseyville, Ill., Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction representative, and Capt. Sungmin Kim (left) from Willowbrook, Ill., Parwan PRT U.S. Army Corps of Engineers engineer, measure the Sinjit Dara road May 26 in Parwan province. The engineers were determining if the road could be widened so it could be used by a proposed industrial park that could be built in the area. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart, Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

A German soldier of the 2nd Infantry Company smokes his last cigarette prior to a foot patrol at night on May 23, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

Afghan police men attend their daily educational courses at the local Police Headquarter on May 24, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

A German soldier of the 2nd Infantery Company eats diner at the local Police Headquarter prior to a foot patrol at night on May 23, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

German soldiers of the 2nd Infantery Company eat pasta for diner at the local Police Headquarter prior to a foot patrol at night on May 23, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

British soccer player David Beckham is seen standing in front of the memorial cross during a visit to Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in this May 23, 2010 handout photograph. Reuters

Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague (R), is seen walking with an unidentified military officer during a visit to British troops in Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in this. May 23, 2010 handout photograph. Reuters

A soldier of the 2nd Infantery Company works out with selfmade barbells at the police headquarters on May 23, 2010 in Chahar Darreh, Afghanistan. Germany has more than 4,500 military forces in Afghanistan as part of the US-led International Security Assistance Force. Amid growing public resentment towards the prolonged mission in Afghanistan, the German parliament, the Bundestag, voted in February for extension of Germany's military mission in Afghanistan and the deployment of additional 859 troops. Getty

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) meets with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague at the presidential palace in Kabul May 22, 2010. Ministers from Britain's new coalition government were in Afghanistan on Saturday for talks with Karzai and other officials on what is likely to be London's biggest foreign policy issue for years to come. Reuters

ISAF civilian and military personnel sit in a shelter during a ground and rocket attack by militants at Kandahar Air Field May 22, 2010. Several NATO troops were wounded when Taliban militants fired rockets at Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, and there were fears insurgents may have entered the base, the alliance said. The rocket and mortar fire was followed by a ground attack on the massive base in the Taliban's spiritual capital where NATO forces are preparing a series of offensives to wrest control of the province. Reuters

SAF civilian and military personnel sit in a shelter during a ground and rocket attack by militants at Kandahar Air Field May 22, 2010. Several NATO troops were wounded when Taliban militants fired rockets at Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, and there were fears insurgents may have entered the base, the alliance said. The rocket and mortar fire was followed by a ground attack on the massive base in the Taliban's spiritual capital where NATO forces are preparing a series of offensives to wrest control of the province. Reuters

Laghman. Uploaded to Flickr on May 21, 2010 by American Embassy Kabul.

Ambassador Eikenberry and a delegation from the U.S Embassy visited Laghman and met with Afghan officials and walked the market to get an idea of the progress that is being made in the province

People climb on a perimeter wall to watch helicopters bringing in remains from the crashed plane at Charikar Afghanistan, Friday, May 21, 2010. Searchers found no sign of survivors Friday among 44 people on board a commercial airliner that crashed this week on a remote Afghan mountain, the aviation minister said. AP

Laghman aerial view. Uploaded to Flickr on May 21, 2010 by American Embassy Kabul.

LAGHMAN PROVINCE – Afghan National Army Soldiers with Weapons Coy, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 201st Corps, check a house in the Tabay Kunj area in eastern Afghanistan's Laghman province May 21. The village is a seasonal one, with members of the Kuchi tribe having gone to grazing land in the south. ANA, supported by International Security Assistance Forces, searched the area to ensure insurgents were not using the houses to store weapons caches. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)