“Afghan children pose for a photograph beneath graffiti, with writing that reads, ‘freedom’ in Kabul, on June 22, 2012.”
(AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

“Afghan children pose for a photograph beneath graffiti, with writing that reads, ‘freedom’ in Kabul, on June 22, 2012.”

(AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar)

“A soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, takes pictures of an Afghan resident during a patrol in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 27, 2012.”
(Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

“A soldier from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bulldog, takes pictures of an Afghan resident during a patrol in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 27, 2012.”

(Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

“An Afghan policeman carries a poppy flower in the barrel of his gun, in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province, on April 9, 2012.”
 (Reuters/Baz Ratner)

“An Afghan policeman carries a poppy flower in the barrel of his gun, in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province, on April 9, 2012.”

(Reuters/Baz Ratner)

“Tarana Akbari (in green) and other Shia Muslims cry near dead and injured after explosions during a religious ceremony in the center of Kabul on December 6, 2011.”
(Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images)

“Tarana Akbari (in green) and other Shia Muslims cry near dead and injured after explosions during a religious ceremony in the center of Kabul on December 6, 2011.”

(Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images)

“Afghan security forces escort Taliban militants clad in Afghan women dresses to be presented to the media at the Afghan intelligence department in Mehterlam, Laghman province, on March 28, 2012.”
(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

“Afghan security forces escort Taliban militants clad in Afghan women dresses to be presented to the media at the Afghan intelligence department in Mehterlam, Laghman province, on March 28, 2012.”

(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Merlin the explosive sniffer dog who was killed in Afghanistan is laid to rest by engineer handlers near Tarin Kowt

taco-man-andre:

Merlin the explosive sniffer dog who was killed in Afghanistan is laid to rest by engineer handlers near Tarin Kowt

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“Children in Afghanistan are now able to start their education as millions of preschoolers around in the world have: by watching Sesame Street on TV.”

“Children in Afghanistan are now able to start their education as millions of preschoolers around in the world have: by watching Sesame Street on TV.”

Afghan Mujahideen fighters during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Panjsheer Valley, Afghanistan - 1985.

Afghan Mujahideen fighters during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

Panjsheer Valley, Afghanistan - 1985.