United States and Canadian Army medics render first aid to an American soldier, who fainted due to altitude sickness, during search and destroy...
Army Lt. Col. Dave Woods stands amid helicopter dust as US and Afghan commanders meet to discuss operations near Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast...
Pashtun man smiles as his car is checked, as the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, search for unauthorized...
Former Northern Alliance soldiers travel towards the town of Gardez March 8, 2002 in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with 20 tanks are...
Former Northern Alliance soldiers ride a vehicle March 8, 2002 towards the town of Gardez, in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with...
Sea Stallion military helicopter flies along the Shah-e-Kot mountains March 12, 2002 in eastern Afghanistan. U.S.-led coalition forces have...
Patient sits in a recovery ward at the Paktia Regional Military Hospital at Forward Operating Base Thunder on March 24, 2014 near Gardez,...
Soldier is prepped for abdominal surgery in the Paktia Regional Military Hospital at Forward Operating Base Thunder on March 24, 2014 near Gardez,...
Soldier with the Afghan National Army guards a gate at Forward Operating Base Thunder on March 23, 2014 near Gardez, Afghanistan. Soldiers with the...
Soldiers and civilian contractors sort through shipping containers filled with excess equipment and supplies left by departing units as the U.S....
View of Soviet army soldiers as they ride on a line of armored vehicles during the Soviet troop withdrawal, Kabul, Afghanistan, April 30, 1988. They...
Military medical staff attempt to save the life of an Afghan man who was wounded in a suicide bombing in Gardez on January 7, 2010 at the trauma bay...
Military medical staff attempt to save the life of an Afghan man who was wounded in a suicide bombing in Gardez on January 7, 2010 at the trauma bay...
Military medical staff attempt to save the life of an Afghan man who was wounded in a suicide bombing in Gardez on January 7, 2010 at the trauma bay...
Military medical staff attempt to save the life of an Afghan man who was wounded in a suicide bombing in Gardez on January 7, 2010 at the trauma bay...
Soldiers examine a notebook containing writing in Arabic and Cyrillic letters, which was found at the remains of an al-Qaida fighters'' bombed out...
Maj. Brad Herndon from New York state, of the U.S. 10th Mountain Division examines a notebook that was found in the remains of an al-Qaida fighters''...
Soldiers examine the remains of an al-Qaida fighters'' bombed out position March 16, 2002 in the rugged Shah-e-Kot mountains, 25 kilometers southeast...
10th Mountain Division Maj. Brad Herndon, from New York, examines a mortar round during a combat mission March 16, 2002 in the rugged Shah-e-Kot...
Two Canadian soldiers take shelter from dust while a Chinook helicopter prepares to land March 16, 2002 at the Shah-e-Kot valley 25 kilometers...
American 10th Mountain Division and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion soldiers survey their position March 15, 2002 25 kilometers...
American soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division hold their position March 15, 2002 25 kilometers southeast of Gardez, Afghanistan. Hundreds of...
Soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion go to their positions March 15, 2002 during a combat mission in the rugged...
Soldier of the U.S.10th Mountain Division holds his position March 15, 2002 during a combat mission in the rugged Shah-e-Kot mountains, 25 km...
Soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion hold their positions March 15, 2002 during a combat mission in the rugged...
United States and Canadian Army medics render first aid to an American soldier, who fainted due to altitude sickness, during search and destroy...
Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries cargo March 15, 2002 in the rugged Shah-e-Kot mountains, about 25 kilometers southeast of Gardez, Afghanistan....
Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands in the Shah-e-Kot mountains March 15 25 kilometers southeast of Gardez, Afghanistan where American and Canadian...
Soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion look down the hill during a combat mission March 15, 2002 in the rugged...
Soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion packed tightly with their battle gear and weapons go on a combat mission March...
United States Army and Canadian soldiers look over the rugged Shah-e-Kot mountains as they search caves for Taliban and al-Qaida fighters on the...
Coalition Soldiers load ammunition onto a Chinook helicopter March 17, 2002 at Shah-e-Kot valley, 25 kilometers southeast of Gardez, Afghanistan....
Black Hawk helicopter gunner Spc Aaron Sullivan flies over Khost and Paktia provinces, southeast Afghanistan, on September 7, 2007. The troops are...
New York Times photographer Tomas Munita works while awaiting a helicopter at a US military base at Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast Afghanistan,...
Lt. Col. Dave Woods watches a helicopter arrive as US and Afghan commanders meet to discuss operations near Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast...
Army Capt. Chapman listens to Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaliq, commander of the 203rd Corps of the Afghan National Army, as officers meet to discuss...
And Afghan officers plan operations at a makeshift Tactical Assault Center set up near Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast Afghanistan, on September...
And Afghan commanders listen to Afghan Army Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaliq as they plan operations at a makeshift Tactical Assault Center set up near Gardez,...
And Afghan officers listen to Afghan Army Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaliq while planning operations at a makeshift Tactical Assault Center set up near Gardez,...
And Afghan officers share a meal after a regional security meeting at a makeshift Tactical Assault Center set up near Gardez, Paktia Province,...
And Afghan commanders [seated, from left: UN rep Tom Gregg, US Army Col. Martin Schweitzer, Afghan Army Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaliq, and Afghan Police...
And Afghan officers look over a map as they plan operations at a makeshift Tactical Assault Center set up near Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast...
And Afghan officer examine a map while planning operations at a makeshift Tactical Assault Center set up near Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast...
The Khost-Gardez Highway cuts through a high pass near Gardez, Paktia Province, southeast Afghanistan, on September 9, 2007. This is the region of...
Black Hawk helicopter gunner Spc Aaron Sullivan checks his computer before flying from Khost in Paktia Province, southeast Afghanistan, on September...
Black Hawk helicopter gunner Spc Aaron Sullivan checks his computer before flying from Khost in Paktia Province, southeast Afghanistan, on September...
Pile of old rifles confiscated by the Afghan police sits in a tent at a joint base for Afghan National Army and Police, and units of the US Army's...
Afghan police sets up positions on a hilltop overlooking Gardez, Afghanistan, with an American mortar unit below as the Afghan National Police,...
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...
Police officer searches Pashtun men and vehicles as the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, searches houses for...
Two Afghan boys bicycle past a line of US Humvees as the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, searches houses for...
Two Afghan boys smile as they leave a police checkpoint as the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, searches houses...
An Afghan policeman searches passengers at a checkpoint, as members of the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne Division,...
Policeman hands out a pro-government leaflet at a checkpoint, as members of the Afghan National Police, backed up by US Army's 82nd Airborne...
Canadian Light Infantry Reconnaissance Platoon solider Jeff Treloar looks out from the top of a ridge in the Shah-e-Kot mountains March 13, 2002 in...
Military helicopter flies along the Shah-e-Kot mountain range March 13, 2002 in eastern Afghanistan. U.S.-led coalition forces continue to battle...
Former Northern Alliance soldier rides a vehicle March 8, 2002 towards the town of Gardez, in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with...
Former Northern Alliance soldiers travel towards the town of Gardez March 8, 2002 as a man walks with his camels in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000...
