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Afghan War Stock Photos

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Silhouettes of soldiers during Military Mission at dusk

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Sad afghan girl looking out from a tent

Child, War, Poverty

American soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division deploy to fight Taliban fighters as part of Operation Mountain Thrust to a U.S. Base near the...

U.S. Forces In Afghanistan On Anti-Taliban Operation Mountain Thrust

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Two afghan refugee girls seeking shelter in tent

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Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne division off load during a combat mission from a Chinook 47 helicopter March 5, 2002 in Eastern Afghanistan....

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Security force team members wait for a UH-60 Blackhawk medevac helicopter.

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Travel the Globe Series - Afghanistan, Pakistan

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The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist government of the Democratic Republic of...

Pullout of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, 1988.

Afghanistan, Former Soviet Union, War

Three armed Soviet Army soldiers serving in the Afghan Civil War.

Soviet Soldiers

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Class in the Motor Pool

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Special ops military soldier holding an american flag

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Mujahidin Offensive in the Jalalabad Area in Afghanistan

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A map with a close-up focus on Afghanistan

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Mud house in Afghanistan

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Afghan Mujahideen fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan during the 1980s. The invasion started in December 25, 1979. | Location: Asmar,...

The Afghan-Soviet War

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View of the destruction after Pakistani jets carried out airstrikes in eastern and southeastern Afghanistan, Nangarhar on February 22, 2026 targeting...

Pakistani jet aircraft have carried out airstrikes in Nangarhar

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View of Soviet army soldiers as they ride on a line of armored vehicles during the final Soviet troop withdrawal, Kabul, Afghanistan, May 15, 1988....

Soviet Army Withdrawing From Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Former Soviet Union, Military Invasion

Group of Afghan soldiers with Soviet Army tank stop in the desert with a donkey, Afghan Civil War.

Afghan Civil War

Afghanistan, Soviet Military, Former Soviet Union

An Afghan man and his son watch as soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division prepare to sweep their home November 7, 2002 in southeastern...

Operation Alamo Sweep Turns Up More Weapons

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February 2026, Afghanistan, Torkham: A Taliban fighter checks his weapon next to an armoured vehicle at a checkpoint near Torkham border crossing...

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U.S. Marines sprint across a field to load onto a CH-53E Super Stallion.

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British and American forces fire 105mm artillery rounds during a live fire exercise June 11, 2002 at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan. Coalition troops...

Coalition Forces Live Fire Exercise

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Photos Military Helicopter flying against sunset

Helicopter, Military Helicopter, Military

American soldiers with the Army 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Division and Afghan National Army soldiers turn away from debris during the...

US Army Conducts Air Assault On Afghan Town

Afghanistan, War, Army Soldier

Soviet T-62M main battle tank, of the "Berlin" tank regiment, leaving Afghanistan as part of the publicized withdrawal announced by Gorbachev in...

Soviet T-62M main battle tank, of the "Berlin" tank regiment, leaving Afghanistan

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US-ATTACKS-BUSH-CANADA

Marine from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. Takes up a fighting position after off loading from a helicopter...

U.S. Marines Continue Suppression Of Insurgents

Afghanistan, USA, US Marine Corps

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Soldiers board a Chinook helicopter in the invasion of Afghanistan 2001 US 10th Mountain Division soldiers in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Military Invasion, Army Soldier

Afghan security personnel and Afghan militia fighting against Taliban, stand guard in Enjil district of Herat province on July 30, 2021.

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Taliban, Afghanistan, War

This picture taken in the early 80s shows the premier groups of the Afghan anti-Soviet resistance fighters with their primitive arms in the eastern...

AFGHANISTAN-MUJAHEDIN-SOVIETS

Afghanistan, War

Afghan Taliban celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan with a series of events, including a military parade in front of...

Taliban Celebrates third Anniversary of takeover in Kabul

Taliban, Afghanistan, War

British Royal Marines and Royal Engineers from 3 Commando Brigade are positioned with troops from the Afghan Military Force during Operation...

Royal Marine Commandos in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, British Culture, USA

Taliban security personnel stand guard near a damaged car two days after air strikes by Pakistan in the Barmal district of eastern Paktika province...

AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-STRIKES

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Taliban

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Armored tank at military battlefield

Afghanistan, War, Desert Area

Soviet soldiers ride atop a tank through an Afghan village on February 23, 1988.

Soviet soldiers ride atop a tank through an Afghan village

Thousands of refugees from Kabul and troops wait for the permission to enter the Northern outskirts of Kabul 13 November 2001, after Northern...

AFGHANISTAN-US ATTACKS-ENDURING FREEDOM-REFUGEES-TROOPS

2001, Afghanistan, Refugee

Afghan security forces escort suspected Taliban fighters as they are being presented in front of the media after an operation at the National...

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Afghanistan, War, Taliban

British Royal Marines of 45 Commando take up defensive positions as they disembark a chinook helicopter while conducting vehicle stops and searches...

Operation Buzzard Vehicle Search Operations

Afghanistan, British Culture, Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Sailors and marines from the USS Bataan remove missile caches December 24, 2001 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The missiles were left behind by fleeing al...

Operation Enduring Freedom

Chief Damage Controlman Jeff Tinch, Craftmaster aboard a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air-Cushion, coordinates controls with his engineer, Gas Turbine...

Operation Swift Freedom

Members of the U.S. Army 1-6 Field Artillery division patrol in a small herding community February 27, 2009 in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. As the...

US Army Patrols In Afghanistan's Restive Nuristan Province

US Military, War, Afghanistan

Army soldier walks along a mountainside at dusk after Afghan and American forces searched for weapons October 25, 2008 in the Korengal Valley of...

U.S. Army Battles Taliban In Kunar Province

War, Afghanistan

Army soldiers pay their respects at a memorial service for Sgt. John Penich October 23, 2008 at the Korengal Outpost in the Kunar Province of eastern...

U.S. Army Battles Taliban In Kunar Province

War, Afghanistan

This U.S. Army handout photo shows soldiers on patrol after searching a village during Operation Viper on February 19, 2003 in Basleng, Afghanistan....

Soldiers Hunt For Taliban During Operation Viper

The Canadian and Afghan national flags are seen hung from the cargo hold of a Chinook heavy transport helicopter while enroute for a ceremony marking...

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