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Afghanistan Wartime Architecture August 2010 Part 3
U.S. Army Sgt. Derek Slade, of Albuquerque, N.M, of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, takes cover behind a low mud wall during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. Soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. AP	U.S. Army Sgt Derek Slade, left, of Albuquerque, N.M. , and Spc. Scott Freeman, of Wellington, Kan. , of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, talk with local children during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. American and Afghan soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. AP
A U.S. Army soldier from the 101st Airborne Division reads in a sandstorm at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010. The soldiers of 101st's 2-502 Infantry at Howz-e-Madad operate in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. AP	U.S. Army Sgt. Derek Slade, right, of Albuquerque, N.M, and Pfc. Dalton Martin of Las Vegas, Nev. , of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, take cover behind a wall across the road from a mosque, during a joint patrol with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. American and Afghan soldiers in Zhari operate in a district which is the birthplace of the Taliban movement, and holds many well-armed insurgents who blend in with a support network providing them with explosives and safe havens. AP
Afghan teachers and security officials stand near the corridor of a girls' school where an unknown gas spread in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Dozens of students and teachers at the school were sickened by the gas that spread through classrooms, education officials said. AP	Afghan policemen walk out of the entrance gate of a girls' school where an unknown gas spread, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010. Dozens of students and teachers at the school were sickened by the gas that spread through classrooms, education officials said. AP
A burqa-clad Afghan woman uses an umbrella as she walks along a reinforced barrier in Kabul on August 23, 2010. Two NATO soldiers, one of them from the US, were killed in attacks in volatile regions of Afghanistan, the alliance said, a day after four US troops died in violence. Getty	A burqa-clad Afghan holds her child as she walks through the Bird Street Market in Kabul on August 24, 2010. A report by the office of the UN\ High Commissioner for Human Rights claims that over a third of Afghans live in 'absolute poverty' and about the same number are only slightly above the poverty line. It blamed corruption in Afghanistan, and the international community for ignoring the basic needs of people. Getty
Afghan blacksmiths work at their shop at the Bird Street Market in Kabul on August 24, 2010. A report by the office of the UN\ High Commissioner for Human Rights claims that over a third of Afghans live in 'absolute poverty' and about the same number are only slightly above the poverty line. It blamed corruption in Afghanistan, and the international community for ignoring the basic needs of people. Getty	Internally displaced Burqa-clad Afghan women from Helmand province walk outside mud shelters for the displaced on the outskirts of Kabul on August 23, 2010. Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Afghanistan are suffering from the lack of many basic necessities including basic services access to land and livelihoods according to reports from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, which estimates that some 250,000 people are displaced in the Central Asian nation. Getty
An Afghan man walks in front of security barriers in Kabul August 22, 2010. Authorities in Afghanistan, which holds elections next month, have started removing road blockades set up in Kabul to guard against attacks by the Taliban and other insurgents. Picture taken August 22. Reuters	In this photograph taken on August 15, 2010 US soldiers play volley ball during their Sunday entertaiment at the US base in Kandahar. Support in the United States and its NATO allies for a continued presence in Afghanistan is faltering, as the government is seen as having little interest in tackling corruption and taking on security responsibilities. Getty
Afghan election commission workers sort out ballots and other election material at the Independent Election Commission compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Afghans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections in September. AP	Afghan children swim in the Kabul River in Kabul on August 23, 2010. A report by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights claims that over a third of Afghans live in 'absolute poverty' and about the same number are only slightly above the poverty line. It blamed corruption in Afghanistan, and the international community for ignoring the basic needs of people. Getty
Afghan president Hamid Karzai (R) speaks during a meeting with US senator John Kerry (L) at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on August 20, 2010. Three NATO soldiers, at least a dozen Afghan security guards and several civilians were killed in a wave of violence across Afghanistan, authorities said August 20 as US Senator John Kerry visited the Afghan capital. Getty	In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, U.S. Army Capt. David Yu, of Newport News, Va. , commander of Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, walks down a path from Strongpoint Ghundy Gar, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. The 101st Airborne's 2-502 operates in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to hold many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. AP
Afghans wash cars as election posters are pasted at a shop outside the fort of Bala Hissar, which was destroyed by the British in 1879, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Afghanistan marked independence day Thursday as the long war drags on, with foreign troop death at record high and the government under pressure to honor pledges on corruption and security. AP	Afghans rest on a parapet of the ruins of the Darulaman Palace the former palace of Afghan King Amanullah (1920-1929), in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Afghanistan marked independence day Thursday as the long war drags on, with foreign troop death at record high and the government under pressure to honor pledges on corruption and security. AP
Election posters line a street in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Afghans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections in September. AP	A long-time Afghan refugee woman shields herself from rain as she sits on a "charpoy" (rope bed) while taking refuge along a road median in a village in Aza Khel, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 15, 2010. Floods ravaged tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have been living in Pakistan for decades after fleeing Soviet occupation and civil war. Now as they survey kilometers of flattened mud and brick houses in a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan, some contemplate returning to an Afghanistan still gripped by violence. Reuters
An Afghan woman walks past by used shoes and sandals displayed for sale on the edge of river in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. AP	An Afghan street vendor cleans a used shoe for sale as he waits for customers with Shah Dushamshera mosque in the background in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 16, 2010. AP
An Afghan youth flies a kite on the remains of a building during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 16, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims all over the world are supposed to go without food, drink, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan in order to purify themselves and concentrate their mind on Islamic teachings. Getty	Afghan youth fly kites on the remains of a building during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 16, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims all over the world are supposed to go without food, drink, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan in order to purify themselves and concentrate their mind on Islamic teachings. Getty
US soldiers pray during a celebration of a Contemporary Protestant Service at a Chapel on The NATO Base in Kandahar on August 15, 2010. Christians soldiers of various denominations from NATO forces attend services on Sundays at the base in southern Afghanistan. Getty	Blind men sit and chat outside a mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 16, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims all over the world are supposed to go without food, drink, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan in order to purify themselves and concentrate their mind on Islamic teachings. Getty

Qal´eh-ye Now, Afghanistan (August 22) 21 insurgents turned in their weapons in Qal´eh-ye Now´s airfield, Badghis province capital, embracing the reintegration and reconciliation program.

Qal´eh-ye Now, Afghanistan (August 21) The new health facilities in the Spanish Base “Ruy Gonzalez de Clavijo”, home of the PRT in Badghis province.

U.S. Army Captain Horace Perkins, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), provides security for U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus, Aug. 19, 2010, at an Operational Coordination Center-Provincial, in Khost, Afghanistan.

Qal´eh-ye Now, Afghanistan (August 16, 2010) – LTC Sacristan, POMLT Commander, delivers an attendance certificate during the closing ceremony of a basic police tactics course for Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) of Afghan National Police (ANP), that took place yesterday at Badghis Police Headquarters. The ceremony was attended by the Commander of ANP in Badghis province- General Same- and Colonel Trascasa, Commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Trainers belonged to the Provincial Police Station and Spanish Guardia Civil.

U.S Ambassador Klemm went to CCAA (Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan) on August 15, 2010, to visit young Afghan women artists.

100815-N-8637R-003. Governor of Kabul, Afghanistan, Zebiullah Mucaddidi listens to the plight of flood vicitms in the Musahi district just outside the capital city 15 August 2010. Flooding hit the area recently forcing many from their homes and damaging the crop for year. Various supplies distributed to families by Afghan National Security Forces included shelter, cooking tools, food and clothing. (Photo by MC1(SW) Kurt Riggs, IJC Public Affairs)

100815-N-8637R-006. Flooding across the Musahi municipality of Kabul, Afghanistan. Heavy rains in the area collapsed a retaining wall along a local river causing the deluge, destroying crops, and displacing many from their homes. (Photo by MC1(SW) Kurt Riggs, IJC Public Affairs)

100814-F-5281B-001. U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jody Perkins, center, a ground radio operator assigned to the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), pulls security while other team members attempt to enter the prison complex in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton/Released)

100814-F-5281B-003. Afghan construction workers take a break at the Behsood District Center, a project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2010. The project was financed by the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton/Released)

100814-F-5281B-004. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti, left, and 1st Lt. John Legloahec, both civil engineers assigned to the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), inspect the Behsood District Center, a PRT-funded project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton/Released)

100814-F-8920C-012. U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Murphy, with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, measures the rooftop of a school near Combat Outpost Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon/Released)

100814-F-8920C-016. U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Murphy, with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, measures the rooftop of a school near Combat Outpost Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon/Released)

100813-F-8920C-048. U.S. Army Capt. Cory Petro, a district support unit team leader with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, walks through an entry control point after a mission near Combat Outpost Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon/Released)

100813-F-8920C-037. U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Murphy, left, and Sgt. Keith Millstine, members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, walk through a vacant bazaar near Combat Outpost Mizan, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon/Released)

100812-F-5281B-009. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Francisco Cerda, a network infrastructure systems technician assigned to the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), pulls security while other Service members conduct a quality assurance assessment of a PRT-funded school construction project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton/Released)

100812-F-5281B-008. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Ruchti, left, and Ferdinand Guese, both civil engineers assigned to the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), walk to a PRT-funded school construction project to conduct a quality assurance assessment in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton/Released)

100812-F-5281B-012. U.S. Service members assigned to the Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) return to their vehicles after conducting a quality assurance assessment of a PRT-funded school construction project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton/Released)

100811-J-7305D-013. Liam Fox, right, a member of the British parliament and the Secretary of State for Defence, vists Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Aug. 11, 2010. (Royal Air Force photo by Sergeant Martin Downs/Released)

100811-M-0301S-172. A helium powered device used to capture imagery is staged Aug. 11, 2010, in in Sangin, Afghanistan, during a visit from the senior U.S. Marine Corps leadership of Regional Command Southwest. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100811-J-7305D-001. French Lt. Gen. Gilles Fugier, center, chief of staff of the International Security Assistance Force, shakes hands with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Richard Mills as he completes his tour of coalition facilities in Afghanistan with a visit to Regional Command Southwest based at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan Aug. 11, 2010. (Royal Air Force photo by Sgt. Martin Downs/Released)

100810-A-4544P-024. Workers make progress cleaning up a mudslide near Combat Outpost Garda in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson/Released)

100810-A-4544P-012. U.S. Army Pvt. Cory Jeske, a mortarman from Chosin Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team awaits instructions after the placement of the mortar tube near a mudslide site near Combat Outpost Garda, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson/Released)

PRT Logar. Basic humanitarian help was distributed immediately by Czech soldiers. Uploaded to Flickr 10 August, 2010.

100809-A-6225G-013. An Afghan boy, right, watches an Afghan National Army soldier search for illegal weapons in his home in Shekhabad Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest/Released)

090211-M-6058R-006. MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan--German soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force German Operational Mentor and Liaison Team Six patrol the streets of Mazar-e-Sharif with Afghan soldiers from the 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 209th Corps, Afghan National Army, Feb. 11. ISAF photo by U.S. Marine Corps Corporal John Scott Rafoss (RELEASED)

090204-M-6058R-010. International Security Assistance Force soldiers with the Norwegian Support Element and the Norwegian Operational Mentor and Liaison Team repair a broken well in Mazar-e-Sharif, Feb. 4. The Norwegians are helping ISAF in assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction.

090122-M-6058R-003. FEYZABAD, Afghanistan -- A German soldier points at the construction site for the new bridge over the Kokcha River here, Jan. 22. The Federal Republic of Germany and the people of Feyzabad are building the bridge, which began construction in December of 2008.

RAdm Borsboom Village Visit 081207. These photos were taken on December 1, 2008.

080914-F-6426S-031. MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan--Members of Camp Malmar's Civil Military Cooperation team inspect the site of a new bridge located outside the perimeter of the base, Sept. 14, 2008. The school was made possible by the German CIMIC team from the International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command-North. The mission of the CIMIC team is to increase force protection for the airfield at Mazar-e Sharif by improving civilian projects throughout a 25km area around the base. Improving roads, schools and bridges helps to increase force protection for the airfield by fostering relationships with the local population making them more likely to report suspicious behavior. The projects also improve the infrastructure of the villages which allows alternate routes for NATO forces and the civilian residents. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith) (released)

080914-F-6426S-014. MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan--Afghan men work on building a wall surrounding the site of a new primary school outside Camp Malmar, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2008. The school was made possible by a German Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) team from the International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command-North. The mission of the CIMIC team is to increase force protection for the airfield at Mazar-e Sharif by improving civilian projects throughout a 25km area around the base. Improving roads, schools and bridges helps to increase force protection for the airfield by fostering relationships with the local population making them more likely to report suspicious behavior. The projects also improve the infrastructure of the villages which allows alternate routes for NATO forces and the civilian residents. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith) (released)

Gen. David H. Petraeus, Commander, International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan, and ISAF Command Sergeant Major Michael Hall, congratulate MA2 Patrick Lemming on the occasion of his July 4, 2010, re-enlistment at ISAF headquarters in Kabul. MA2 Lemming is a member of the Commander's Personal Security Detail. The re-enlistment ceremony was the first conducted by General Petraeus since assuming command of the 130,000-member NATO force. (ISAF photo by US Army Capt. Eric Prazinko)

100704-F-7552L-003. KABUL, Afghanistan (July 4) – Gen. David H. Petraeus assumes command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during a July 4 ceremony at the command's headquarters in Kabul. (ISAF Photo by Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail)

20100613-F-8290R-002. KABUL, Afghanistan- U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Joshua Shanahan and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 David Strange cut the cake at the U.S. Army 235th birthday held June 13, 2010. The cake cutting was done by the oldest and youngest U.S. Army soldier at International Security Assistance Force Headquarters during the birthday ceremony. (ISAF photo by Italian Army Primo Mar. Emilio Corrado)

090516-F-6293H-050. Members of US Forces serving in ISAF Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan enjoy some steak, lobster and crab legs on Armed Forces day, May 16, 2009.

090306-F-6293H-006. Distinguished Visitors Visit to ISAF HQ. March 6, 2009

081227-F-5618N-005. KABUL, Afghanistan-- Two ISAF French EOD technicians debrief on the UXO's found today on Dec 27, 2008. The team worked together with 4 other nations to remove one grenade and 3 hollow shells from underground. ISAF PHOTO by US Air Force Tech Sergeant Brenda Nipper.

081227-F-5618N-001. KABUL, Afghanistan-- British Sergeant Tim Chesterton, Quick Response Team, HQ ISAF, begins to escort the French EOD team in to disperse of UXOs found on camp on Dec 27, 2008. The teams worked together to remove one grenade and 3 hollow shells from underground. ISAF PHOTO by US Air Force Tech Sergeant Brenda Nipper.

081203-N-8825R-005. KABUL, Afghanistan--Representative Lincoln Davis (D-TN-04) meets with a soldier deployed to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Headquarters as he arrives for a luncheon with ISAF troops on Dec. 3, 2008. Davis had lunch with troops hailing from Tennessee to thank them for their service as well as to gain feedback about being deployed. ISAF photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez (RELEASED)