GROUP PHOTO - U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, chats with a soldier after posing for a group photo on Combat Outpost Jaghato, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2010. Petraeus visited the base and two combat outposts in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team's area of responsibility to get first-hand updates on operations and to thank troops for their work. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Lorie JewellFrom Boston.com:
Afghanistan, August, 2010: With four months left in the year, 2010 is already the deadliest year yet for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 321 have been killed so far (out of 485 total coalition deaths), compared with 313 deaths in all of 2009. As coalition troop size has increased, and moves have been made into Taliban strongholds, attacks are on the rise, and, according to General David Petraeus, "the footprint of the Taliban has spread". As combat operations in Iraq have now ended, the Obama administration says it will focus even more of its attention on the nearly 9-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. Collected here are images of the country and conflict over the past month, part of an ongoing monthly series on Afghanistan. This month marks the 12th entry in the series - I've been putting these together for one year now, and see no reason to stop any time soon. (42 photos total)
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