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In pictures: Endgame in Afghanistan?

A look at US troops operating in Afghanistan ahead of Barack Obama’s decision to downscale or withdraw the troops.

2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment search for Taliban weapons in pomegranete orchards on the west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment search for Taliban weapons in pomegranete orchards on the west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
16 Jun 2011
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment search for Taliban weapons in pomegranete orchards on the west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment search for Taliban weapons in pomegranete orchards on the west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
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2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment stop an Afghan man during their search for Taliban weapons west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment stop an Afghan man during their search for Taliban weapons west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment search for Taliban weapons west of Kandahar City, 22 April 2011 [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment search for Taliban weapons west of Kandahar City, 22 April 2011 [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment on patrol in Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
2nd Platoon, Lightening troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regiment on patrol in Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
Afghan children watch as 2nd Platoon, Lightening troops, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regimen patrol the streets west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
Afghan children watch as 2nd Platoon, Lightening troops, 4th Squadron, 2nd Srtyker Cavalry Regimen patrol the streets west of Kandahar City [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, shoot their mortars at Combat Outpost TJ in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, shoot their mortars at Combat Outpost TJ in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
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1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, hold a Shura (meeting) with local elders in Arghandab Valley in Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, hold a Shura (meeting) with local elders in Arghandab Valley in Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, hold a Shura (meeting) with local elders in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, hold a Shura (meeting) with local elders in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, hold a Shura (meeting) with local elders in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, hold a Shura (meeting) with local elders in Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, patrol an orchard in Arghandab Valley in Kandahar, on the day the so called (***)Taliban Tet Offensive(***) was due to start [John D McHugh]
1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, patrol an orchard in Arghandab Valley in Kandahar, on the day the so called (***)Taliban Tet Offensive(***) was due to start [John D McHugh]
US soldiers from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, watch the news of Osama bin Laden(***)s death on TV at Combat Outpost TJ in the Arghandab Valley in Kandahar [John D McHugh]
US soldiers from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, watch the news of Osama bin Laden(***)s death on TV at Combat Outpost TJ in the Arghandab Valley in Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley in Kandahar [John D McHugh]
1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley in Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford (L), PFC Wallace (C), and 1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, search for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford (L), PFC Wallace (C), and 1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, search for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford (L), PFC Wallace (R), and 1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, search for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford (L), PFC Wallace (R), and 1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, search for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
SSG Knight from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
SSG Knight from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
SFC Pakulak of 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, cuts hair at Combat Outpost TJ in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
SFC Pakulak of 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, cuts hair at Combat Outpost TJ in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
Soldiers from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, play a game of volletball against their Afghan National Army partners in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
Soldiers from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, play a game of volletball against their Afghan National Army partners in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
Afghans harvest the opium crop from their poppy fields in Jazah village, in the Arghandab valley [John D McHugh]
Afghans harvest the opium crop from their poppy fields in Jazah village, in the Arghandab valley [John D McHugh]
Afghans harvest the opium crop from their poppy fields in Jazah village, in the Arghandab valley [John D McHugh]
Afghans harvest the opium crop from their poppy fields in Jazah village, in the Arghandab valley [John D McHugh]
US and Afghan soldiers talk to local farmers as they harvest the opium crop from their poppy fields in Jazah village, in the Arghandab valley [John D McHugh]
US and Afghan soldiers talk to local farmers as they harvest the opium crop from their poppy fields in Jazah village, in the Arghandab valley [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, searches for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford (L), and 1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, search for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
PFC Fulford (L), and 1LT Brien from 1 Platoon, Delta Co, 1-66, 4th Infantry Division, search for arms caches and IEDs around Jazah village in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar [John D McHugh]
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