US Solders In Afghanistan

NURISTAN AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 25: A US Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division checks solar powered recharging panels and batteries at a 7000 foot observation post in Kamdesh, Nuristan August 25, 2006, eastern Afghanistan. The 10th Mtn Division has been in Kamdesh since July 2006 employing hundreds of local Afghans on construction and road building projects at their Forward Observation Base (FOB).The soldiers have encountered frequent rifle and rocket fire from the surrounding high ridges launched by Taliban and forces aligned with Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, a former mujihideen commander. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)