Afghanistan Wartime Architecture August 2010 Part 2

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Afghanistan Wartime Architecture August 2010 Part 2
An Afghan Muslim man takes part in evening prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 13, 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	Two girls push the cradle of their brother at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010.
Afghan Muslim men take part in evening prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 13, 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	Afghans visit a market during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 13, 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
An Afghan Muslim man takes part in evening prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 13, 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	Afghans visit a market during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 13, 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
Afghans visit a market during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 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	An Afghan youth prays on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on August 11, 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 of Bravo Company 2/508th PIR, 4th BTC, 82 Airborne (Air Assault) patrol in Kandahar province's Kukaran on August 5, 2010. Amid growing US discontent over the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama defended the conflict August 2, saying progress was being made towards important security goals. Getty	US Senior Conmander in Afghanistan Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez (C) drinks a beverage during a meeting with Afghan officers and local authorities at the US base in Arghandab Valley in Kandahar's province of Arghandab on August 7, 2010. The Pentagon has urged whistleblower website WikiLeaks to 'do the right thing,' calling on the site to hand over thousands of leaked US military documents and halt future public releases. Some 70,000 classified documents on Afghanistan were published by WikiLeaks in late July 2010. The files contained a string of damaging claims, including allegations that Pakistani spies met directly with the Taliban and that deaths of innocent civilians at the hands of international forces were covered up Getty

100812-A-4702C-015. Left, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mark Brodie, M.D., Interventional and Diagnostic and Radiology explains how he stopped a troop's bleeding injuries from an improvised explosive device through new advanced techniques to U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall, command sergeant major, International Security Assistance Force/United States Forces-Afghanistan, at Task Force Medical South's new NATO Role 3 medical facility Aug. 13 on Kandahar Airfield during Hall's 100th battlefield circulation and final BFC in the past 13 months as the ISAF/USFOR-A CSM. Hall went to KAF to visit ISAF/USFOR-A troops in Regional Command (South). Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO.

100812-A-4702C-010. Center, in the distance U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall, command sergeant major, International Security Assistance Force/United States Forces-Afghanistan walks toward Kabul International Airport's a military terminal after completing his 100th battlefield circulation in the past 13 months as the ISAF/USFOR-A CSM on Aug. 13, 2010 after arriving back from Kandahar Airfield where he went to visit ISAF/USFOR-A troops on KAF in Regional Command (South). Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO.

100812-A-4702C-005. Left, U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Lee Bonar, senior enlisted leader, USFOR-A, U.S. Regional Command (South & Southwest), walks with U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall, command sergeant major, International Security Assistance Force/United States Forces-Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2010 during Hall's final battlefield circulation, which was to visit ISAF/USFOR-A troops on KAF in Regional Command (South). Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO.

100812-A-4702C-002. Center, U.S. Marine Cpl. Juan Alas, from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-232, Kandahar Airfield shakes hands with left, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall, command sergeant major, International Security Assistance Force/United States Forces-Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2010 during Hall's final battlefield circulation, which was to visit USFOR-A troops on KAF in Regional Command (South). Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO.

100812-A-4702C-001. Left, U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. George Foster, and right, Cpl. Conor Murtagh, both with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-232, Kandahar Airfield listen to center, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall, command sergeant major, International Security Assistance Force/United States Forces-Afghanistan speak to them about how important what they do is to the Afghanistan campaign plan on Aug. 12, 2010 during Hall's final battlefield circulation, which was to visit USFOR-A troops on KAF in Regional Command (South). Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Chlosta, ISAF PAO.

100810-A-3603J-127. Afghan soldiers clear and search a house in the village of Hendor in eastern Afghanistan Aug. 10, 2010, as part of Operation Badpesh Kam Dergi. The Afghan National Army, International Security Assistance Force and Task Force Iron Gray conducted the operation to disrupt insurgents' operations in the Galuch valley area. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. David A. Jackson/Released)

100810-A-3603J-133. Afghan soldiers clear and search a house in the village of Hendor in eastern Afghanistan Aug. 10, 2010, as part of Operation Badpesh Kam Dergi. The Afghan National Army, International Security Assistance Force and Task Force Iron Gray conducted the operation to disrupt insurgents' operations in the Galuch valley area. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. David A. Jackson/Released)

100809-A-6225G-087. U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Attack Company, 1st Regiment, 503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, guide a group of captured enemy fighters in Shekhabad Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest/Released)

Melanne S. Verveer is the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Verveer led a delegation around Afghanistan visiting Mazar-e-Sharif to meet the Governor and Key Provincial leaders. She also met with the Mullah of the famous Blue Mousque and attended a women's shura to discuss business opportunities for the women of Afghanistan. By U.S Embassy Kabul Afghanistan. This photo was taken on August 9, 2010

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100806-M-0301S-042. Children stand outside their home watching U.S. Marines and Sailors with a female engagement team and members of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment conduct a patrol in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2010. The Service members patrolled compounds around the district center to establish relationships with Afghans and talk with women of the area in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100806-M-0301S-078. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Claire E. Ballante, a hospital corpsman with a female engagement team (FET), looks around a pharmacy in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2010, while participating in a patrol with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. Ballante and fellow FET members patrolled compounds around the district center to establish relationships with Afghans and talk with women of the area in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100806-M-0301S-096. An Afghan man stands outside a pharmacy in Musa Qala, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2010. U.S. Sailors and Marines with a female engagement team and members of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment conducted a patrol in the area to establish relationships with residents in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100806-M-0301S-095. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Claire E. Ballante, a hospital corpsman with a female engagement team (FET), holds an M-4 carbine while participating in a patrol with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment Aug. 6, 2010, in Musa Qala, Afghanistan. Ballante and fellow FET members patrolled compounds around the district center to establish relationships with Afghans and talk with women of the area in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100805-M-0301S-001. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Claire E. Ballante, right, with a female engagement team (FET) attached to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment, reads a magazine between patrols in support of the International Security Assistance Force Aug. 5, 2010, in Musa Qala, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100805-M-0301S-020. U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment play cards between patrols in support of the International Security Assistance Force Aug. 5, 2010, in Musa Qala, Afghanistan. The female Service members are assigned to a female engagement team attached to the battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100803-M-0301S-030. U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Claire E. Ballante, right, with a female engagement team, tours a free health clinic during a patrol with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment in Musa Qa'leh, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2010. Ballante spoke with Afghan volunteer employees and assessed the overall condition of the facility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100803-A-3555D-003. U.S. Army medics, back, from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team helps an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, front, carry an ANA soldier on a stretcher to a medic station at Combat Outpost Carwile in the Wardak province of Afghanistan Aug. 3, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Dutton/Released)

100803-A-3555D-005. A U.S. Army sergeant, right, a medic from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, treats an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier at Combat Outpost Carwile in the Wardak province of Afghanistan Aug. 3, 2010. The soldier was injured in a rollover. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Dutton/Released)

100802-M-8557W-048. An Afghan shopkeeper sits in a chair at a bazaar in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2010. The shopkeeper sold rice, grain and cooking oil at the bazaar, a social and economic center. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tai B. Williams/Released)

100802-M-0301S-125. U.S. Marine Cpl. Mary E. Walls, second from right, an ammunition technician, and Sahar, a linguist, both with a female engagement team (FET), speak with Afghan merchants during a patrol with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment in Musa Qa'leh, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2010. Members of the FET established relations with Afghans in the area by making themselves familiar and providing health assistance, hygiene supplies and a U.S. military presence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released)

100802-A-3603J-060. U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division kneel outside the town of Badmuk, Kunar province, Afghanistan, after a night assault on suspected Taliban positions as part of Operation Azmaray Fury on Aug. 2, 2010. DoD photo by Spc. Anthony Jackson, U.S. Army. (Released)

100802-A-6225G-029. An Afghan contractor shows U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Miguel Rodriguez some details of the work done on a new Afghan National Army post in Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest/Released)

100802-A-3603J-062. U.S. Soldiers, left, from 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and an Afghan National Army soldier, right, stand outside the town of Badmuk, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2010, after a night assault on suspected Taliban positions as part of Operation Azmaray Fury. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. David A. Jackson/Released)

100728-N-5574R-052. Rear Admiral Paul Becker briefs General Keith B. Alexander and Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, during their visit to Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, July 28, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson) [Note SCIF vault door at left. Maps and papers obscured.]

100728-N-5574R-094. Rear Admiral Paul Becker walks with General Keith B. Alexander and Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, upon their visit to Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, July 28, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson)

100728-N-5574R-023. Rear Admiral Paul Becker speaks with General Keith B. Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency, in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 28, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson)

100705-F-7552L-052. KABUL, Afghanistan - At the end of his first full day as Commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which included overview meetings with the commander of the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, his three-star commanders, and a number of ISAF's staff sections, General David H. Petraeus decided to take a break and visit the Shahdarak Market in Kabul, Afghanistan. He walked from the ISAF Headquarters to the market, where he met with local businessmen, purchased and shared bread with the locals, and even found time for a little football match with a few local Afghan children. (ISAF Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bradley A. Lail) (released)

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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)

100616-A-0350A-142. Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces search for weapons during Operation Demon Sang in Mata Khan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 16. The purpose of Demon Sang is to minimize enemy capabilities and influence in the Mata Khan District by assisting the Afghan National Security Forces in clearing and searching for weapons. (Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander)

100614-A-0350A-200. U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Afghan National Security Forces drink tea with village leaders during a patrol through Mata Khan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 14, 2010. (Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander)

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Roof construction elements from the bottom: pole rafters resting on mud brick or stone walls, layer of split slats and reeds, layer of leaves, layer of thick mud for insulation and heavy enough to resist horizontal and uplift wind forces, surface coating of straw embedded in water-shedding matrix wrapped over the perimeter edge, colored white to reflect heat. Levelling blocks at end of two rafters. Apparently assembled with nails, gravity held, materials all natural except the finish matrix which is probably synthetic.

40 Cdo Royal Marines on Foot Patrol in Kajaki, Afghanistan. A Royal Marine from Delta Company, 40 Commando is pictured on patrol in the area of Kajaki, Afghanistan. Photographer:LA(Phot) Si Ethell. From: www.defenceimages.mod.uk. This photo was taken on June 18, 2010.

100421-A-4544P-023. U.S. Army Pvt. Michael Coon walks along the ridge on a presence patrol, to the village of Margah, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Apr. 21, 2010. Coon is a member, of 4th Platoon, ABU Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Air Assault, out of Combat Outpost Margah. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson/Released)

100224-F-9351O-170c. KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Lee, aerial gunner, Bravo Co., 1-169 Aviation Reg. and Ala. native, provides aerial security from the rear door of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Khost Province, Afghanistan, Feb 24. Chinook helicopters are one of the primary air platforms for moving troops and supplies throughout Afghanistan.(Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Otero, Khost PRT Public Affairs)

100224-A-6225G-008. An Afghan spray paints a wall rack to sell in his shop in the bazaar in Sayed Abad District, Wardak Province, Afghanistan, Feb 24, 2010. Afghans are known for covering their possessions with bright colors. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest (Released)

100212-M1012C-019-RC2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment raise the national flag over the compound where they've established a foothold inside the city of Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14. Marines with Bravo and Alpha Co., 1/6 inserted into the city at night by helicopters as part of a large-scale offensive aimed at routing the Taliban from their last-known stronghold in Helmand province. MOD/Crown Copyright

100209-M-2934T-0224. HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – A Marine with Weapons Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sprints down the line of heavy machine guns to deliver a map after a firefight with Taliban insurgents Feb. 9 at the “Fire Points” intersection, a key junction of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province. Marines of Charlie Co. conducted a helicopter-borne assault earlier that morning to seize the area. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill)

010202-A-6285M-003. U.S. Soldiers escort Governor Fadai, into Jaghato, at Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. De'Yonte Mosley/Released)

091224-A-1843J-016. Kabul: School in need. Project: Clothes For Kids. An initiative by Colonel Scott Horton working at HQ ISAF to collect clothing for needy kids. He asked his colleages to paticipate, giving them a chance to feel what it is like to give, especially during these cold winter times.

091222-F-9171L-389. U.S. Soldiers, right, with the 3rd Zone Security Forces Advisory Team meet with Col. Abdul Razziq, the commander of the 4th Afghan Border Police Directorate, Dec. 22, 2010, in the Wam Valley section of the Kandahar province of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/Released)

090111-N-6754H-002. KABUL, Afghanistan--Members of the Afghanistan women's soccer team spent time with three members of a professional women's soccer team from the Netherlands in the gym of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters on January 11, 2009. ISAF photo by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dave Hecht (RELEASED)

090109-N-6651N-002. FARAH, Afghanistan - U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Army Soldiers from Provincial Reconstruction Team-Farah tour the Citadel in Farah City after completing a presence patrol through the city, Jan. 9. The Citadel was frequently visited by Alexander the Great on his trips from Herat to Kandahar. ISAF Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communications Specialist Petty Officer 1st Class Monica R. Nelson

090109-N-6651N-003. FARAH, Afghanistan - U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Army Soldiers from Provincial Reconstruction Team-Farah tour the Citadel in Farah City after completing a presence patrol through the city, Jan. 9. The Citadel was frequently visited by Alexander the Great on his trips from Herat to Kandahar. ISAF Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communications Specialist Petty Officer 1st Class Monica R. Nelson

Canadian Sgt. Anthony Holland, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) inspects a building while patrolling Kandahar August 26, 2008 on the way to deliver donated school supplies to a local school. The Kandahar PRT has worked on many construction projects such as schools and government facilities to assist the Afghan government improve the lives of residents (ISAF Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Duran).

The remains of a Russian tower at an observation point above International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Provincial Reconstruction Team, Camp Whiskey, Sept. 29, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith)(released)

Sergeant Peter directs sniper, Private 1st Class Frank, from Dutch Army, 2nd Platoon, E-company, Battle Group-7, Task Force Uruzgan, in firing a warning shot at a suspected insurgent spotter. Insurgents often place people near stopped ISAF forces to relay information for possible attacks. The platoon was on a 3-day International Security Assistance Force mission conducting foot patrols through villages to meet the Afghan people and build friendships, Aug. 19, 2008 (ISAF photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Collins, U.S. Navy)

080914-F-6426S-029. KABUL, Afghanistan - Major Mike Claridge, 7th Transport Regiment, British Army, conducts a foot patrol for an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission, Sept. 14, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan Government in extending and exercising authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF photo by TSgt Laura K. Smith) (released)

The view of a western Afghanistan village from a Spanish Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission, Sept. 27, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith)(released)

The view of a western Afghanistan home from a Spanish Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission, Sept. 27, 2008. ISAF is assisting the Afghan government in extending and exercising its authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force TSgt Laura K. Smith)(released)

081203-N-8825R-001. KABUL, Afghanistan--General David McKiernan, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), meets with officials from the Luxembourg Ministry of Defense at the main building of ISAF Headquarters on Dec. 3, 2008. Officials met with McKiernan to discuss the work of Dutch and Belgium detachment of troops deployed to a force protection company at the Kabul International Airport. ISAF Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez (RELEASED)

081116-F-6426S-053. KABUL, Afghanistan-- Lance Corporal Mark Cowley of Castleford, British Territorial Army, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, conducts an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol around Kabul, Nov. 16. ISAF is assisting the Afghan Government in extending and exercising authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Smith)(released)

081116-F-6426S-183. KABUL, Afghanistan-- Children play as the British Territorial Army, 4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment, conduct an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol around Kabul, Nov. 16. ISAF is assisting the Afghan Government in extending and exercising authority and influence across the country, creating the conditions for stabilization and reconstruction. (ISAF Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Smith)(released)