Smoke screen billows in the background as US Marines with 1/3 Marine Charlie company retreat after battling Taliban fire in Trikh Nawar, a poppy...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
Afghan National Army soldiers prepare their dinner at nightfall after a foot patrol with US Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-PATROL
May 6: Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., during the hearing on developments in Marjah, Afghanistan.Senate Foreign Relations Holds Hearing on Marjah, Afghanistan
Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines uses a headlight set up in red color to read a book at a joint combat outpost with Afghan...A US Marine from India Company, 3rd Batt
An Afghan boy blows a bubble as Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to local elders March 7, 2010 in the southern province of Helmand of Marjah,...Afghanistan President Karzai Hears Marjah Complaints
Top commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McCrystal talks to Afghan defense minster Abdul Rahim Wardak March 7, 2010 in the southern province of...Afghanistan President Karzai Hears Marjah Complaints
Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to locals March 7, 2010 in the southern province of Helmand of Marjah, Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai...Afghanistan President Karzai Hears Marjah Complaints
Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to media after meeting with local elders March 7, 2010 in the southern province of Helmand of Marjah,...Afghanistan President Karzai Hears Marjah Complaints
Army special forces guard a landing zone as a Blackhawk helicopter transporting NATO and Afghan officers lands in Marjah's Balakino Bazar...US army special forces guard a landing zAfghanistan, Special Forces
Afghan farmers sit next to Danish army Leopard tanks in Trikh Nawar on the North Eastern outskirts of Marjah on February 21, 2010. Afghan police...Afghan farmers sit next to Danish army L
Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company walk away after adjusting the identification tags on the memorials of Sergeant Daniel Angus...US Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regimUSA, Afghanistan
Marines with 1/3 Charlie Company treat Lance Corporal Kris Mottley from Pensylvania as they wait for a MEDEVAC helicopter, after their MRAP vehicle...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Seen through an yellow-color dusted armored window of a US Marines truck, an Afghan man rides his motorcycle by a marine convoy in northern Marjah,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Afghan Agha Gul poses for a portrait at the end of his duty around a bazaar area just outside a US Marines combat outpost, in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-LABOUR-CHILDREN-FEATURE
Marines troops of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, cast their shadow over pair of boots during a memorial ceremony for four fallen comrades, at their base...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-MEMORIAL
An Afghan boy stands by the petrol pump of an abandoned gas station, which used to sell gasoline from Dutch oil producer Shell, in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-ECNOMY-ENERGY-OIL
An Afghan National Army soldier prays during a foot patrol with unseen US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines near a poppy field...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-PATROL
An Afghan boy transports bricks on a wheelbarrow while working around a bazaar area just outside a US Marines combat outpost, in Marjah, Helmand...AFGHANISTAN-US-LABOUR-CHILDREN-FEATURE
Detainee with blindfold and handcuffs arrested after an early morning operation by US Marine from 3rd Battalion 9th Marines Kodiak Company sits on...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-UNREST
An Afghan farmer holds his son while relatives are questioned by US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines and Afghan National Army...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-PATROL
An Afghan detainee sits at the entrance of a bunker while under guard by US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, inside their base...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Detainee is interrogated by Afghan policemen at a US Marine base for 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in Marjah, Helmand province, on April 7, 2010. A...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Member of the US Marine helicopter CH 53 crew sits at the back door as it flies over Marjah district in Helmand Province on May 3, 2011. On April 2,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
Two Afghan policemen who asked to be photographed pose in front of a canal before washing their hands and feet to pray in Marjah, Helmand province,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-POLICE
An Afghan boy pauses his way to talk with an Afghan Army soldier during a joint foot patrol with US Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in a...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-ARMYWar, TopShot, Afghanistan
Marine covers his face as a US helicopter lands during a visit by unseen Afghan and Nato officials in Marjah city of Helmand province on March 1,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Three US Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, watch movies on their laptop under the moon light, at the base in Marjah, Helmand province,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-FEATURE
Marine of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, holds a dog tag of a fallen comrade as he gives his final respects during a memorial ceremony for four fallen...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-MEMORIAL
An Afghan National Army soldier bends while praying nightfall atop an observation tower at their joint base with US Marines from India Company, 3rd...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-UNREST
An Afghan Army soldier, joined in a mission with US Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, washes his head in a canal in the early morning hours...TOPSHOT-CORRECTION-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Afghan Army soldier enjoys a meal before afternoon prayers under a heavy cloud of dust coming from a convoy driving past at the US Marine base of 3rd...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-ARMY
An Afghan Army soldier takes a nap inside a bunker after having a meal, at US Marines base of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, in Marjah, Helmand province...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-SOLDIERS
An Afghan National Army soldier pauses during a foot patrol with unseen US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines to pray next to...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-PATROL
Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, performs exercises at an outdoor improvised gym in front of a poster showing former...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-GYM-FEATURE
Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, performs exercises at an outdoor improvised gym, at a base recently set up in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-GYM-FEATURE
Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, performs exercises at an outdoor improvised gym, at a base recently set up in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-GYM-FEATURE
Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, performs exercises at an outdoor improvised gym, at a combat outpost in Marjah, Helmand...AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-GYM-FEATURE
Couple of Afghan boys stops to ride on a bicycle to pray at down as US Marine of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, patrol nearby in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
An Afghan Army soldier jumps over a irrigation canal while conducting a joint foot patrol with US Marine of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in a Taliban...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-ARMY
Afghan National Army soldiers patrol in Trikh Nawar on the northeastern outskirts of Marjah on February 23, 2010. The US-led offensive in southern...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Afghan police wait to leave for Marjah from Shorabak camp near the British Camp Bastian in Helmand province's Nad-e Ali on February 19, 2010. On a...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-UNREST
An Afghan villager is questioned at nightfall by a US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines during a foot patrol with Afghan...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-PATROL
An Afghan army commando stands guard in Marjah's Balakino Bazar neighborhood on February 24, 2010. US-led troops were inching closer to declaring...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Afghan army commandos stand on a sand bank as a US army Apache helicopter flies above at sunset in Marjah's Balakino Bazar neighborhood on February...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Illuminated by a flash light of a M4 rifle, a blindfolded and handcuffed Afghan detainee man is seen after having a meal given to him by US Marines...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-UNREST
An Afghan shop owner stands with his son at his tent which was recently destroyed by the Taliban while US Marine of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, take care of an Afghan detainee man before giving him a dinner, at their combat outpost which was used as a...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES-UNRESTDetainee, TopShot, Army Soldier
Marine from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, guards an Afghan detainee at the entrance of a bunker at a US Marine base in Marjah, Helmand...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Marines of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, rest inside a farm backyard as they spend a night outside during a 24-hour foot operation in a poppy field...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-MARINES
Marines with 1/3 Charlie Company give first aid to Lance Corporal Kris Mottley from Pensylvania as they wait for a MEDEVAC helicopter to evacuate him...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Marine from 3rd Battalion 9th Marines Kodiak Company rest during a patrol at Kote Tazagul area in Marjah district in Helmand Province on May 24,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
Marine from 3rd Battalion 9th Marines Kodiak Company checks handcuffs of a detainee arrested after an early morning operation, at Block 9 military...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-UNREST
Marine rests as he waits for a flight at the military airport of Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province on May 21, 2011. Six medical students were killed and...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-UNREST
Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th regiment, Charlie company patrol around Huskers camp on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand on January 26,...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-US-MARINESAfghanistan
Marine platoon of 1/3 Marine Charlie Company patrols farmland in Trikh Nawar on the northeast of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on February...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
Marine snipers with 1/3 marine Charlie Company take cover as a phosphor mortar shell falls on a Taliban position,in Trikh Nawar, a poppy farmland...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
Danish Leopard tank loader sits on his tank as he guards US army soldiers with Thorn Task Force, marines with 1/3 Charlie Company and British army...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST
Army special forces stand guard as Blackhawk helicopter transporting NATO officers land in Marjah's Balakino Bazar neighborhood on February 24, 2010....TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNRESTOperation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, Special Forces
Marines with 1/3 marine Charlie Company set off an explosive charge during their search for Improvised Explosive Devices in Trikh Nawar, a farmland...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-US-UNREST
Marine stands guard as a landing helicopter churns up a cloud of dust in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on February 18, 2010. About 15,000...TOPSHOT-AFGHANISTAN-NATO-UNREST-MOSHTARAKWalkie-talkie
