Sides of the Wire: America in Afghanistan

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Khost province, Afghanistan: U.S. military search of a villager's home in the southeast of the country. 19 June 2004.

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Khost province, Afghanistan: The head man of a Pashtun village on the border with Pakistan confronts U.S. soldiers. 17 June 2004.

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Khost province, Afghanistan: Children watch from the safety of their house compound as U.S. Army and Afghan military soldiers search the surroundings for weapons and intelligence. 17 June 2004.

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Khost province, Afghanistan: A Pashtun elder returns to his home with weapons permitted under U.S. military and Afghan government statutes. 19 June 2004.

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Khost province, Afghanistan: U.S. soldiers search a village for weapons and ammunition near the border with Pakistan. 16 June 2004.

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Adult men enjoy the competitive sport of kite flying at Tapeii-e-Maranjan, a popular hilltop venue for the leisure sport, southeast of Kabul's center.

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Young Shiite Muslim men await the start of the Ashura self-flagellation ritual in a Kabul mosque.

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A multi-national team, including American, Dutch, British, Canadian and Australian doctors and nurses, work on battlefield and some civilian national emergency cases.

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Recruits of the Afghan National Army await their turns to compete in an inter-regimental military skills competition.

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A kung-fu class practices in a bombed-out factory on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul. March 2002.

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Young Shiite Muslim men participate in an Ashura self-flagellation ritual in a Kabul mosque.

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Traditional candy makers work in a back room of Old Kabul City.

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Through an interpreter, soldiers from Charlie Company, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, question a local elder in the town of Barg-e Matal, Afghanistan.

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Troops from Charlie Company, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, clear buildings in the town of Barg-e Matal, Afghanistan.

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A U.S. Army medic examines a local boy at a daily clinic held at the District Center in the town of Barg-e Matal, Afghanistan.

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Soldiers from Charlie Company, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, and Afghan National Army troops hunt for Taliban insurgents in agricultural fields near the town of Barg-e Matal.

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At Firebase Lindstrom, Charlie Company of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division prepares to fire mortars on mountainside Taliban positions near the Nuristan province town of Barg-e Matal, Afghanistan.

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Charlie Company troops of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division fire mortars on Taliban mountainside positions near the town of Barg-e Matal, Nuristan province.

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Supplied by the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, local villagers collect humanitarian aid from the District Center at Barg-e Matal, Nuristan province, Afghanistan.

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Troops of Charlie Company, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, return fire on mountainside Taliban positions from the District Center building at Barg-e Matal, Nuristan province.

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Young Shiite Muslim men participate in an Ashura self-flagellation ritual in a Kabul mosque.

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With toy plastic AK-47 assault rifles in hand, new Afghan recruits receive training from U.S. civilian and Afghan police trainers.

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Troops from Charlie Company, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, help local villagers rescue timber from a blaze set when Taliban rockets struck a hotel and sawmill in the town of Barg-e Matal, Nuristan province, Afghanistan.

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A Pashtun elder and his wife wait out a search of their house compound by U.S. troops. Khost province, Afghanistan, 17 June 2004.

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U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, relax during downtime in the wake of a major confrontation with Taliban insurgents in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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A CH-47 Chinook helicopter maneuvers into position for a sling-load attachment of supplies bound for remote U.S. military encampments in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan.

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A U.S. Army soldier makes his way to a Chinook helicopter for transport to remote Nuristan province, Afghanistan.

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U.S. Army personnel protect themselves from stones and dust thrown up by a Chinook helicopter departing the Afghan National Army training facility outside Kandahar. August 2006.

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U.S. Air Force ground crews and pilots work together to place F-15 war planes in the air over Afghanistan.

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Close to 100 "Shura" (a "parliament" of chosen village leaders) members convene at the U.S. Army's "Camp Keating" in Afghanistan's northeastern Nuristan province to plan a future of peace and development in the region. Playing a front-line security role in the process is the Afghan National Army.

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Close to 100 "Shura" (a "parliament" of chosen village leaders) members convene at the U.S. Army's "Camp Keating" in Afghanistan's northeastern Nuristan province to plan a future of peace and development in the region. Playing a front-line security role in the process is the Afghan National Army.

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Heroin addicts light up in the old city section known as Bagh-e-Ali Mardan, a war-torn area of Kabul. November 2008.

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The American flag flies at Checkpoint Delta against a background of Pakistani mountains.