US soldiers from 1-32 Infantry Battallion, attached to 4-25 Field Artilley Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, are watched by two Afghans, one holding an umbrella, as the make their way down a rugged road in Paktia province, 28 November 2006. US forces, along with soldiers from the Afghan National Army, were carrying out a mission in the mountains to search out and destroy arms caches, some of which are being used to build Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which are used extensively by anti-coalition militias to carry out attacks in the province. Getty Images logo Getty Images 36 months ago

US soldiers from 1-32 Infantry Battallion, attached to 4-25 Field Artilley Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, are watched by two Afghans, one holding an umbrella, as the make their way down a rugged road in Paktia province, 28 November 2006. US forces, along with soldiers from the Afghan National Army, were carrying out a mission in the mountains to search out and destroy arms caches, some of which are being used to build Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which are used extensively by anti-coalition militias to carry out attacks in the province.

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  1. In this photo taken Sept. 11, 2009, Pashtun tribal elder Khaki Jan Zadran, 55, shows his identity card from when he was in the Mujahedeen movement against Soviet forces during an interview with The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zadran said that he hasn't been able to return to his village in Afghanistan's Paktia province after Taliban-allied gunmen threatened him for his work on the Provincial Council.
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