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Distro - Ruins: Afghanistan 2009 

Larry Towell 

Thousands of U.S. forces moved into southern Afghanistan this summer after President Obama ordered the deployment of 21,000 more troops for the Aug. 20 presidential election. Obama's stated strategy in Afghanistan is "to reduce the capability and will" of insurgents and extremists and to support the development of Afghan security forces.

Afghanistan has long been seen as the "good" war by many in the United States, especially in comparison with U.S. efforts in Iraq, where U.S. troops are now drawing down. But some Democratic senators are beginning to question whether U.S. goals in Afghanistan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. A shepherd and his flock amid... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Baghe Qazi. May, 2009. A destroyed former Soviet... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Jabul Saraj. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Jabul Saraj. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Baghe Qazi. May, 2009. Stripped and abandoned Russian... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Jabul Saraj. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Above Kabul. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Shomoli Plain. May, 2009. Ruins. Village region... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Shomoli Plain. May, 2009. Ruins. Village region... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Baghe Qazi. May, 2009. An Afghani shepherd and his... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Baghe Qazi. May, 2009. Door from Soviet military... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied Afghanistan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied Afghanistan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Shamoli Plain. May, 2009. Russian troops occupied... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qargha Refugee Camp, West Kabul. May, 2009. Pashtun... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qargha Refugee Camp, West Kabul. May, 2009. Pashtun... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qargha Refugee Camp, West Kabul. May, 2009. A Pashtun... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qaber Nadir Khan, Kabul. May, 2009. Father and child... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qargha Refugee Camp, West Kabul. May, 2009. A Pashtun... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qargha Refugee Camp, West Kabul. May, 2009. A Pashtun... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Blind beggar and his mother.

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AFGHANISTAN. Qaber Nadir Khan, Kabul. May, 2009. On a hilltop... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Shomoli Plain. May, 2009. Kochi (nomad) landmine... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Two million Afghanis died in the... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Two million Afghanis died in the... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Two million Afghanis died in the... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Two million Afghanis died in the... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Two million Afghanis died in the... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Two million Afghanis died in the... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Child landmine victim being fitted... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Landmine patient learning to walk... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Child landmine victim being fitted... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Gulbahar. May, 2009. Two children and a woman patient... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Heroin addicts injecting heroin... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Woman heroin addict in rehabilitation... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Heroin addict sleeping under a... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Heroin addict living at the former... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. Shivista in Puli Charki Prison.... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Dust Storm at Foreward... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. New Afghan women police recruits... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. New Afghan police recruits in... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. New Afghan police recruits in... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Artillery practice at Forward... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Target practice at US Military... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Coffee shop at Foreward... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Foreward Operating Base... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Target practice at US Military... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Lt. Mannion and Mine Resistant... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kushimond district, West Paktika. May, 2009. Detention... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kushimond district, West Pakista. May, 2009. Afghani... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kushimond district, West Pakista. May, 2009. Arrest... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kushimond district, West Paktika. May, 2009. Arrest... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kushimond district, West Paktika. May, 2009. Arrest... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Laundromat at US Military... 

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AFGHANISTAN. West Paktika. May, 2009. Helmet in Chinook military... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Qaber Nadir Khan, Kabul. May, 2009. On a hilltop... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Deh Sabz, Kabul region. May, 2009. Nomad tents and... 

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AFHANISTAN. Deh Sabz, Kabul region. May, 2009. Brickmaking. Afghanistan... 

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AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. May, 2009. A child working with her father... 
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