Posted on 12/16/2004 3:53:31 PM PST by M. Espinola

U.S. Allied troops searching Afghan village for weapons & terrorist. posted 12-13-04

British troops keeping an eye on everything. 12-13-04

Turkish soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force patrol as Afghans walk past in Kabul December 15th, 2004. A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant gang in eastern Afghanistan was found dead on Wednesday, a witness who saw the body being carried down from a mountainside said. [Reuters]

The body of a Turkish engineer (wrapped in a black sheet) lies on the ground in Chawki district of Kunar province, December 15th, 2004. A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant gang in eastern Afghanistan was found dead on Wednesday. [Reuters]

Security guards for Afghan President Hamid Kharzai guard a school hosting a ceremony for the National Children Conference, aimed to promote better life and education conditions for Afghanistan's children, in Kabul December 14th, 2004. Afghan security forces have captured the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's personal security chief as he travelled in a van to the southern city of Kandahar, provincial officials told Reuters on Tuesday. [Reuters]

FILE: A machine gun attached to a German armoured vehicle part of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is seen next to a poster of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in downtown Kabul December 6th, 2004. The Taliban warned on Monday its fighters will launch attacks to disrupt the swearing in ceremony of President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday. [Reuters]

FILE: Small motor driven flour mills are used now to turn the wheat into flour. Adrascan, Herat Province, Afghanistan (LP18.212.06)

Check out the American flag on the sack.

Adrascan, Herat Province, Afghanistan (LP18.213.01) The land time forgot

Ok your guys, come clean we is he hidding?

Note the little girl in the background ..poor kid locked into an Islamic system. Freedom is still needed here.

Is the UN assiting the good guys or the bad guys in Afghanistan?


Adrascan, Herat Province, Afghanistan (LP18.227b.09). Not too far from the Iranian border.

Is any of this food making it's way to the Taliban terrorists?

Once again note the American flag.
Mine warning by the airport in Mazar. At least there is some Dari.
This is the center of Mazar where Mohammed's cousin Ali is buried. The Islamists keep this place clean & neat...
Hindu Kush Mountains

Afghan children

Afhgan nomads

U.S. troops on high alert for Islamic terrorist in Afghanistan

From left to right, comedian Blake Clark, U.S. model Leeann Tweeden, comedian Robin Williams, and former Miami Dolphins great John Elway, laugh as they make a joke at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites),Thursday, Dec. 16th, 2004. U.S. forces serving at Bagram air base got a little early Christmas cheer Thursday _ a surprise visit from them and the military's joint chiefs of staff. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hall of Famer John Elway, second left, throws a football out into the crowd of troops gathered at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites),Thursday, Dec. 16th, 2004. U.S. forces serving at Bagram air base got a little early Christmas cheer Thursday _ a surprise visit from the military's joint chiefs of staff, actor Robin Williams, U.S. model Leeann Tweeden, and football star Elway. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

U.S. model Leeann Tweeden, throws a football out into the crowd of troops gathered at the main U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites),Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004. U.S. forces serving at Bagram air base got a little early Christmas cheer Thursday _ a surprise visit from the military's joint chiefs of staff, actor Robin Williams, Tweeden, and football star John Elway. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti).

U.S. comedian Robin Williams stand among U.S. soldiers at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, December 16th, 2004. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghan security forces and U.S. soldiers are seen at an explosion site in the district of Ismail Khail Mandozai in Khost province December 16th, 2004. A roadside bomb detonated by remote control killed four Afghan police officers and wounded two others on Thursday in the southern province of Khost, a senior police official told Reuters. REUTERS/Kamal Sadat

An Afghan soldier keeps watch in Kabul December 16th, 2004. A roadside bomb killed four Afghan police officers and wounded two on Thursday in the southern province of Khost, a senior police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

(From L-R) U.S. actor-comedian Robin Williams, NFL hall of fame quarterback John Elway, Fox sports commentator Leeann Tweeden, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers and USO President Ned Powell take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new building dedicated to Pat Tillman, a former NFL star who left the NFL to join the Army Rangers and was killed in action in Afghanistan (news - web sites) earlier this year, at Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, December 16, 2004. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

An Afghan woman and her child walk past a soldier on guard in Kabul December 16th, 2004. A roadside bomb killed four Afghan police officers and wounded two on Thursday in the southern province of Khost, a senior police official said. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

The body of a Turkish engineer is loaded in to a helicopter to be transported to Kabul, in Chawki district of Kunar province, December 15th, 2004. A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant gang in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) was found dead on Wednesday, a witness who saw the body being carried down from a mountainside told Reuters. REUTERS/Ajmal Baheer

U.S. soldiers move through an explosion site in Kandahar, December 15th, 2004. A huge explosion rocked the southern Afghanistan (news - web sites) city of Kandahar on Wednesday, leaving at least three Afghan soldiers wounded, the city's police chief said. REUTERS/Ismail Sameem

An Afghan police (R) and U.S. soldiers walk through an explosion site in Kandahar, December 15th, 2004. A huge explosion rocked the southern Afghanistan (news - web sites) city of Kandahar on Wednesday leaving at least three Afghan soldiers wounded, the city's police chief said. REUTERS/Ismail Sameem

Turkish soldiers from the NATO (news - web sites)-led International Security Assistance Force patrol as an Afghan walks past in Kabul December 15th, 2004. A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant gang in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) was found dead on Wednesday, a witness who saw the body being carried down from a mountainside told Reuters. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

A Turkish soldier (L) from the NATO (news - web sites)-led International Security Assistance Force patrols as an Afghan walks past in Kabul December 15th, 2004. A Turkish engineer abducted by a militant gang in eastern Afghanistan (news - web sites) was found dead on Wednesday, a witness who saw the body being carried down from a mountainside told Reuters. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman Lawrence Di Rita, right, accompanied by Brig. Gen. David Rodriguez, deputy operations director of the Joint Staff, gestures during a Pentagon news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 14th, 2004. DiRita announced plans to call up several large units for deployment in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites) starting in mid-2005 through mid-2006. Di Rita said the plan is to keep troop strength in Iraq at current levels through the elections, scheduled for late January. Di Rita also said it's possible that some of the units set to deploy later in the rotation might not be called, should the security situation improve in Iraq. (AP Photo/Heesoon Yim)

Pakistan army soldiers stand near ammunition confiscated from militants along the Afghanistan (news - web sites) border, November 2004. Militants kidnapped a Turkish engineer in eastern Afghanistan after killing an Afghan security guard who was travelling with him, a government official and Western security sources said.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)

The walking dead! The enemy, Taliban fighters walk back to their bunker in the outskirts of Kabul. Afghan security forces have captured the former security chief of fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar in the south of the country.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)

US Marines keep watch from a bullet torn tower in southern Afghanistan (news - web sites), December 2001. The US Army has acknowleged eight prisoners have died in US military custody in Afghanistan since US-led forces toppled the Taliban regime, at least two more deaths than previously disclosed.(AFP/Pool/File/Dave Martin)

Jihad is over for this fool on last April Fools Day! This April 1st, 2004, file photo shows U.S soldiers taking an Afghan prisoner in Zunchorah Village, near Khost, about 250 km (155 miles) southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites). Human Rights Watch said Monday, Dec. 13th, 2004, it has discovered two more U.S. detainee deaths in Afghanistan, including an apparent murder more than two years ago, and said slow-paced investigations had 'spawned a culture of impunity' which may have fueled prison abuse in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

A view from the runway's control tower shows a dust-filled sunset behind a row of army tents, in this Aug. 13, 2002 file photo, at the Bagram air base, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kabul.


The second picture, the lady (or person, who knows if it`s a lady) is running while holding a baby while wearing a blanket over her face that reaches down to her shoes. Yeah, OK. Let`s run while holding scissors as well.
It's been forever since I've seen pictures from Afghanistan. Thanks for your post.
Thanks for the pictures.
Point very well taken. The terrorist enemy could care less who they use.

We need to clearly show our allies, the world, as well as our enemies the little jihads they Islamic wages here & there are all doomed to defeat, after defeat, after defeat.
Thanks for your comments. There should be additional posting of the situation in Afghanistan rather soon.
yup, a G3 will reach out and touch you real good up in those high windy wide open mountains... .308 rules!!!
Do you know what kind of rifle it is?
Do the Dolphins get to count his Super Bowl wins?
Looks like a H & K.
And that is.....?
HK g3 or some mod of it. Its it thumper, better than what we have for stuff
Its "it" thumper = a
beer = my fault
Great post. Outstanding pictures. Thank you very much.
uh, blonde moment, I couldn't think what it was. Thanks!
Biggest news to me was that Elway wanted to known as a Dolphin!
Thank you for posting these. Great progress is being made in Afghanistan and we barely hear about it.
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