Afghanistan Wartime Architecture July 2010
Part 1

An Afghan man moves goats across a bridge as a U.S. Army convoy with Task Force Thor Route Clearance Patrol from 23rd Engineering Company, Airborne passes July 6, 2010 in Delavarkha Halacheb, Afghanistan. The U.S. Army route clearance unit uses specialized equipment to seek out improvised explosive devices (IED) on roads throughout Afghanistan to prevent military patrols and civilians from being hit by the homemade roadside bombs that have injured and killed hundreds of NATO troops and locals. Getty

An Afghan child who fixes potholes in a road between Kabul and Bagram and depends on tips from passing motorists waits for business in Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. AP

A man and his children ride on a motorbike in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. AP

A daughter waits as her mother shops in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. AP

An Afghan man collects water from a river as a U.S. Army convoy with Task Force Thor Route Clearance Patrol from 23rd Engineering Company, Airborne passes by July 6, 2010 in Delavarkha Halacheb, Afghanistan. The U.S. Army route clearance unit uses specialized equipment to seek out improvised explosive devices (IED) on roads throughout Afghanistan to prevent military patrols and civilians from being hit by the homemade roadside bombs that have injured and killed hundreds of NATO troops and locals. Getty

An Afghan news presenter reads the news at Tolo television studio owned by Saad Mohseni, the country's biggest media mogul, in Kabul July 6, 2010. Tolo (Dawn) 24 began broadcasting at a vital time in Afghanistan, with new U.S. and NATO forces commander General David Petraeus arriving to take command of the fight against a Taliban at their strongest since their 2001 overthrow. Reuters

An unidentified NATO-led International Security Assistance Force personnel keeps watch during a change-of-command ceremony at the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul July 4, 2010. The nine-year war in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Sunday, as he formally took command of the 150,000-strong NATO-led force fighting a deadly Taliban insurgency Reuters

Commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan US General David Petraeus (centre R) stands beside German Army General Egon Ramms (centre L), Commander of NATO's Allied Joint Forces Command Brunssum, during an Assumption of Command Ceremony at the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) Headquarters on July 4, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Appointed by US President Barack Obama (following the dismissal of US General Stanley McChrystal), US General David H Petraeus formally took up his new role of commander of the Afghan war and the 140,000 foreign troops serving in Afghanistan during a ceremony at NATO headquarters in Kabul, in which colours of US and NATO forces were handed to him by German Army General Egon Ramms, Commander of NATO's Allied Joint Forces Command Brunssum. Getty

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Robert Anderson (L) of the 738th Air Expiditionary Advisory Group teaches an English language class to members of the Afghan Air Force on July 3, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Members of the Afghan Air Force are being trained by the U.S. Air Force 738th Air Expiditionary Advisory Group on proper maintenance of aircraft, piloting skills and english language training. Getty

British former soldier Bill Shaw (L) sits with his Afghan colleague Maiwand Limar during an appeals court session in Kabul July 3, 2010. Shaw, who was convicted of bribery in Afghanistan, fought back tears on Saturday as he appeared in chains at the start of an appeal against a sentence that has placed the country's legal system under a cloud. Reuters

U.S. soldiers carry a body at a USAID compound in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanista, Friday, July 2, 2010 after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. AP

Afghan children walk along a street as smoke rises from a building in Kunduz on July 2, 2010, after a suspected militant attack in the northern Afghan city. A German security guard was killed when suspected Taliban militants stormed the compound of a US aid organisation in northern Afghanistan, a US embassy official told. Getty

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers stand alert beside a building in Kunduz on July 2, 2010, after a suspected militant attack in the northern Afghan city. A German security guard was killed when suspected Taliban militants stormed the compound of a US aid organisation in northern Afghanistan, a US embassy official told. Getty

an attack by Taliban insurgents in Kunduz July 2, 2010. Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a U.S. contracting company office in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing five people including three foreigners and wounding 24 others, a senior official said. Reuters

U.S. soldiers escort a wounded foreign contractor at a USAID compound in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanista, Friday, July 2, 2010 after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. AP

Afghan boys play 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

Afghan men work at a factory manufacturing concrete blast walls on the outskirts of Kabul on May 18, 2010. International firms are exploring the cement industry in wartorn countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and Palestinian Territories, neighbors Pakistan and Iran are the major exporters of the product. Many Kabul streets contain concrete blast barriers for protection from insurgency attacks, such as the 'Wazir Akbar Khan' district, an area home to foreign companies and embassy compounds. Getty

An Afghan boy waits for his order at a sandwich shop in the old city area of Kabul, on May 7, 2010. Two NATO soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan during the last 24 hours, the military said, taking the death toll for the year to date to 184. Getty

An Afghan baby sleeps while unseen US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, inspect his bedroom during a house-by-house search operation in Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, on April 13, 2010. The United States and NATO deploy 113,000 troops in Afghanistan, with another 40,000 due over the course of the year as part of a renewed strategy that emphasises development and the 'reconciliation' of Taliban fighters. Getty

An Afghan girl plays in front of a cemetery in the westerns outskirts of Kabul, on May 4, 2010. The US military has ordered 850 troops to Afghanistan to fill a shortage of trainers for security forces, as European allies needed more time to deploy their instructors, the Pentagon said. Getty