A British soldier of 3 Rifles is followed by a young boy in Sangin, Afghanistan, January 2010.
A soldier of the Afghan National Army, 'stands to' at dusk during a patrol with 3 Rifles, Sangin, Afghanistan, 2010.
An Afghan policeman on duty in Gereshk, Afghanistan, 2007.
An Afghan Northern Alliance soldier watches the bombardment by U.S. B-52's, of a ridge occupied by Taliban, near Khoja Bahauddin, Afghanistan, October 2001.
Tea time for Afghan Police, Gereshk, Afghanistan, 2007.
Pre mission prayers by U.S. soldiers of 10th Mountain Division, Wardak, Afghanistan, 2009.
A U.S. route clearance soldier of 10th Mountain Division, on an advance patrol in Tangi valley, Wardak, Afghanistan, 2009.
Villagers look on as a U.S. convoy passes through Tangi valley, Wardak, Afghanistan, 2009.
A British Soldier of 3 Rifles watches over a group of young Afghan men in Sangin, Afghanistan, 2010.
Soldiers of the Afghan National Army ready themselves prior to a joint patrol with British soldiers of 3 Rifles, Sangin, Afghanistan, 2010.
Afghan Special Forces show off a group insurgents that they killed during a shoot-out in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
British soldiers of 3 Rifles patrolling in Sangin, Afghanistan, 2010
A soldier from the Grenadier Guards regiment runs for cover during a firefight with insurgents near to Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, 2010.
British soldiers of 3 Rifles play volley-ball with their Afghan interpreters at a base in Sangin, Afghanistan, 2010.
A U.S. soldier receives urgent medical attention at the Kandahar military hospital, Afghanistan, after surviving standing on an improvised explosive device (ied) while on patrol in Helmand, 2010.
A U.S. soldier of 10th Mountain Division prays during a service, in a makeshift chapel on his base in Wardak, Afghanistan, 2009.
A U.S. soldier of 10th Mountain Division prays during a service, in a makeshift chapel on his base in Wardak, Afghanistan, 2009.
An Afghan policeman at the scene of an attack on a U.N. guesthouse, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
A burnt flak jacket and helmet belonging to one of the residents of a U.N. guesthouse which was attacked by insurgents, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
Young boys race to be first to catch a kite as it falls to the ground kite on Nader Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
Kite fliers on Nader Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
A kite flier on Nader Khan hill in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
Afghan election posters adorn the walls of a building in central Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
A street vendor pauses to be photographed against a wall of election posters, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
Election posters plastered to the walls of a subway in central Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
'Stuffed' ballot boxes at a deserted polling station in Pul-e-Charki, Kabul province, Afghanistan, 2009.
'Stuffed' ballot boxes at a deserted polling station in Pul-e-Charki, Kabul province, Afghanistan, 2009.
Ballot boxes at the Independent Election Commission's storage facility, prior to vote counting, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
Vote counters pray at the Independent Election Commission's tally centre, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
Capt. James Johnson of 5 Rifles, during a meeting with Afghan National Police at a checkpoint in Gereshk, Afghanistan, 2007.
An Afghan man stands guard at a polling station in Pul-e-Charki, on election day, Kabul province, Afghanistan, 2009.
U.S. soldiers of 2nd Battallion, 503rd Infantry, ahead of a dawn raid on a compound in Zabul, Afghanistan, 2005.
Young boys, dressed up for the first day of Eid el-fitr, play in a 'Swan' pedalo on Lake Qargah, outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.