U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrol through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 20, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
A US Marine from 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment talks to a child during a patrol in Gamser on February 20, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY
A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company negotiates a muddy slope during a patrol through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province February 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
An Afghan policeman (L) patrols with U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province February 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
A disabled boy walks towards a US Marines 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment as the take action after finding a Rocket-propelled Grenade (RPG) during a patrol at a market in Gamser, southern Afghanistan on February 19, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban insurgents. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)
US Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment members and Afghan National Police (back) secure the area after finding a Rocket-propelled Grenade (RPG) during a patrol in Garmser, Southern Afghanistan on February 19, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban insurgents. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)
A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrols through the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 18, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company watch a video on a computer in their living quarters at an outpost in Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 18, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
Posted by ZIP on Sunday, February 20, 2011
