Photo by Sgt. Christopher Hammond | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.06.2011
U.S. Army medical evacuation helicopters prepare to evacuate a wounded Afghan villager after he was injured by an insurgent’s improvised explosive device in the Ma’ruf District of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, Aug. 6. Three Afghan National Police officers were also killed in the attack....
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Hammond | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.06.2011
U.S. Army medical evacuation helicopters prepare to evacuate a wounded Afghan villager after he was injured by an insurgent’s improvised explosive device in the Ma’ruf District of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, Aug. 6. Three Afghan National Police officers were also killed in the attack....
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Hammond | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.06.2011
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter provides security as an injured Afghan is medically evacuated following an improvised explosive device attack in the Ma’ruf District of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, Aug. 6. The insurgent’s IED attack also claimed the lives of three Afghan National Police officers as they patrolled a nearby checkpoint....
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Hammond | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2011
A member of the Afghan National Army Special Forces test fires a rifle to check its readiness in the Sha Wali Kot District of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province June 15. The rifles were inspected to ensure they are fully mission capable and ready to be distributed to Afghan security forces....
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Watson | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 01.26.2011
The district govenor of eastern Kandahar province's Maruf District, Abdul Samat Durrani, pictured here Jan. 26, 2011, does his best to address the needs of a population estimated at 50,000 Afghan citizens....
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Watson | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 01.24.2011
The Maruf District of eastern Kandahar, as seen here Jan. 24, 2011, is a remote and mountainous district with approximately 50,000 residents. The district’s people are led by District Governor Abdul Samat Durrani....
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Watson | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 01.23.2011
The Maruf District Governor Abdul Samat Durrani stamps a petition drawn up to request aid for farmers in eastern Kandahar province, Jan. 23, 2011. Durrani tries his best to address the needs of a remote district with no paved roads, no hospitals, and very little water....
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Watson | NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan | 01.17.2011
The Maruf District Governor Abdul Samat Durrani presides over a remote and mountainous district with approximately 50,000 residents in eastern Kandahar province's Maruf District. The district center, pictured here Jan. 17, 2011, rests at an elevation of more than 5,000 above sea level....
