Afghanistan Wartime Architecture August 2010
Part 4
 

Afghan women buy dates for the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Muslims across the world refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during the holy month of Ramadan. AP

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (2nd L) walks with Habibullah (L), the district governor of Nad Ali, during a visit to Afghanistan August 31, 2010. Reuters

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander and the head of NATO in Afghanistan General David Petraeus (C) speaks to the media at his office at ISAF headquarters in Kabul on August 31, 2010. GEtty

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg chats to soldiers having breakfast as he visits troops at Shawquat Forward Operating base during a visit to Afghanistan August 31, 2010. Reuters

A U.S. Army helicopter takes off carrying wounded soldiers, injured in a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Eyewitnesses say a U.S. military vehicle caught fire after having been struck by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar city. The armored Humvee was hit Monday in a residential area of Afghanistan's second largest city while returning as part of a convoy from an unknown mission. AP

An internally displaced Burqa-clad Afghan woman from Helmand province carries a child as she walks outside mud shelters for the displaced on the outskirts of Kabul on August 23, 2010. Getty

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (L) and the President of the lower house of parliament Norbert Lammert leave after a ceremony at a memorial for killed soldiers at the German Bundeswehr army camp Marmal in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, August 28, 2010. Zu Guttenberg and Lammert visit German Bundeswehr armed forces with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Reuters

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg talks with soldiers after his arrival at the outpost "OP North" near Kunduz August 29, 2010. Zu Guttenberg is on a short unannounced visit to the German Bundeswehr armed forces with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Reuters

The Nuristan PRT (Provincial Reconstruction Team) works closely with the provincial government in order to achieve enhanced security for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 27/08/2010. Demotix

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand guard near the body of a suicide attacker near US military camp Salerno on the outskirts of Khost city on August 28, 2010. Taliban militants attacked two NATO bases in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, with at least 10 rebels killed and several captured as coalition forces repulsed the assault, the alliance said. A statement by NATO's International Security Assistance Force said that its troops had 'repelled two failed attacks at bases in Khost province' after these had come 'under indirect and small arms fire.' Getty

U.S. Col. Kevin Burk, head of integration program of JTF 435 speaks with the media at the prisoners tailoring course at a newly built US run Parwan Detention Facility in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug 27, 2010. Around 1, 000 detainees are currently jailed at the Parwan detention center. AP

US soldiers stand outside cells at a newly built US run Parwan Detention Facility in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug 27, 2010. Around 1, 000 detainees are currently jailed at the Parwan detention center. AP

An empty room is prepared for a prison at a newly built US run Parwan Detention Facility in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug 27, 2010. Around 1, 000 detainees are currently jailed at the Parwan detention center. AP

A US soldier videos an empty room which is prepared for a prison at a newly built US run Parwan Detention Facility in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Aug 27, 2010. Around 1, 000 detainees are currently jailed at the Parwan detention center. AP

Afghan and American soldiers examine a formerly-abandoned outpost, during a day of joint missions, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. 26, 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

Afghans look on at the police checkpoint which was attacked by militants killing eight Afghan policemen, in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Police say more than 10 militants attacked a police checkpoint outside the northern city of Kunduz. AP

U.S. and Afghan officers examine a formerly-abandoned outpost, during a day of joint missions in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 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. soldiers of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, examine a formerly-abandoned outpost, during a day of joint missions with the Afghan Army, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. 26, 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

An Afghan soldier prays during guard duty inside a tower at Strongpoint Lakokhel, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday Aug. 26, 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

Pfc. Seth Mattox, of Altavista, Va. , left, of 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne, mans a sniper rifle, as Afghan Army soldier Abdul Sutar scans for threats from a different direction, during guard duty inside a jointly-operated tower at Strongpoint Lakokhel, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 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

An Afghan policeman keeps watch on the roof of a check point where eight police were killed in Kunduz August 26, 2010. Taliban rebels killed eight Afghan police officers on Thursday in northern Kunduz, an official said, stepping up strikes in what was once a relatively secure part of Afghanistan. Reuters

U.S. Army Pfc. , Jesus Hernandez, left, of Chihuahua, Mexico, of Tactical Command Post, HQ Company, 2-502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, walks with an Afghan Army soldier during a joint patrol, 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

No caption. August 26, 2010. Getty

Afghan men buy and trade currencies with roadside money changers in Kabul on August 26, 2010. Afghanistan prepares for its next test as an infant democracy, a crop of bright young men and women are challenging the traditional Afghan belief that power lies in beards and turbans. The country's second parliamentary poll is scheduled for September 18, with about 2,500 candidates contesting the 249 seats in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament. Getty

Red Army soldiers the Amu Darya river at the Soviet-Afghan border in Termez on February 15, 1989 during Soviet Army withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 to shore up the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul and maintained more than 100,000 troops in the country until completing their phased withdrawal in 1989. Getty posted 26 August 2010.

Spc. Phillip Tatro, from St. Louis, Mo. , of Mortar Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, prepares to fire a 120mm mortar round at a nearby Taliban position during an attack on their base, Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, 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

An insurgent rocket struck the village of Dam Abad, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2010, killing three children and wounding their mother. Insurgents fired three rockets at Forward Operation Base Salerno. The rockets missed the base and one of them landed in the courtyard of this house. (U.S. Army photos/Released)