Afghan and US forces searches houses

GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 4: Afghan women walk between houses to collect water as the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to search houses for unauthorized weapons on September 4, 2007, in Gardez, Paktia Province in southeast Afghanistan. The searches are part of "Operation Khyber" which was launched by Afghan and US forces of NATO's International Stability Assistance Force (ISAF) on August 22 to extend government control in a series of districts with strong Taliban influence near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)