A machine gunner wears a bandolier of bullets around his neck at his base in Talibjan

A machine gunner from the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo Company wears a bandolier of bullets around his neck at his base in Talibjan 

An Afghan boy sells balloons in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan boy sells balloons in Kabul, Afghanistan

Farhad Darya performs during a concert for Afghan women to mark International Peace Day

Afghan singer Farhad Darya performs during a concert for Afghan women to mark International Peace Day, in Kabul, Afghanistan

Children fly kites as the moon rises in Kabul, Afghanistan

Children fly kites as the moon rises in Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghans ride their bicycles back in a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghans ride their bicycles back in a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan Sunni Muslim man pauses his way to pray in front of a mosque

An Afghan Sunni Muslim man pauses his way to pray in front of a mosque at nightfall as the rain approaches in the old part of Kabul

A man cries as he hears reports suggesting a Qur'an has been desecrated in the United States.

A man cries as he hears reports suggesting a Qur'an has been desecrated in the United States. 

Afghan women look on from behind an iron railing at an anti-U.S. protest in Kabul

Afghan women look on from behind an iron railing at an anti-U.S. protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, 

U.S. Marines carry a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED)

U.S. Marines carry a comrade wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) to a waiting medevac helicopter

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk along a street in Kabul

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk along a street in Kabul

A father pushes his sleeping son on a bicycle in the Karte Sakhi neighbourhood

A father pushes his sleeping son on a bicycle in the Karte Sakhi neighbourhood

Police at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Police at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan.

A US soldier of Bravo Company keeps watch inside a camouflaged gun turret

A US soldier of Bravo Company 2/508th PIR, 4th BTC, 82 Airborne (Air Assault) keeps watch inside a camouflaged gun turret of an armoured military vehicle at an under-construction base in Kukaran in Kandahar 

A U.S. medical helicopter arrives to evacuate soldiers who were wounded

A U.S. medical helicopter arrives to evacuate soldiers who were wounded when one stepped on an improvised explosive device.

The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, walks through a field of marijuana plants

The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, walks through a field of marijuana plants during a patrol near the village of Salavat

An Afghan man walks inside the empty seat of the Buddha

An Afghan man walks inside the empty seat of the Buddha

A Hazara Afghan girl looks on in Sadat village

A Hazara Afghan girl looks on in Sadat village, some 20 kms outside the city of Bamiyan

An burqa-clad Afghan woman begs following congregational Friday prayers

An burqa-clad Afghan woman begs following congregational Friday prayers

A US army soldier at combat outpost Nolen

A US army soldier at combat outpost Nolen
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: A US soldier watches an Afghan film on TV

: A US soldier watches an Afghan film on TV