Afghanistan Pictures December 2010

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Afghanistan Pictures December 2010

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Sergeant Sheena Adams, 25, US Marine with the FET (Female Engagement Team) 1st Battalion 8th Marines, Regimental Combat team II works late into the night on her laptop on her reports on November 12, 2010 in Musa Qala, Afghanistan.

This picture taken on October 21, 2010 shows the filming for an episode of "Separ", the first television series on Afghan police, in a remote village of the Shamali Plains, some 20 km north of Kabul. Separ, the project, financed by the European Union and Canada, aims to improve the image of the Afghan police, often seen as ineffective and corrupt by the population. More than 300,000 Afghan police and army are to take over responsibility for the entire country's security by the end of 2014 from the 140,000 foreign forces deployed in the country.

An Afghan girl watches during a cricket game on the school grounds in Kabul on December 28, 2010. Afghanistan is set to select its first ever national women's cricket team in the coming weeks.

A US soldier from 595th Sapper Company 2nd Engineers Battalion blows up some used or unexploded rockets, smoke grenades and mortars in an abandoned house in Loya Derah village during a clearance patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 28, 2010.

A security guard working for private armored car company Tiger International holds up a photo of his colleague who was killed during a raid by NATO forces on the Tiger International office in Kabul December 27, 2010.

Brig. Gen. William "Tim" Crosby presents a flag to Kitaira Jarvis, 11, daughter of Army Sgt. Barry Jarvis, 36, at Deer Creek Baptist Church in Tell City, Indiana on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. Jarvis, a member of the 101st Airborne Division in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, was one of six soldiers killed on Nov. 29 in Afghanistan when a rogue Afghan border policeman turned his gun on his American trainers as the group headed to shooting practice.

US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th Marines watch a US Marine CH-53 helicopter drop flares as it leaves Musa Qala in Helmand province on December 14, 2010.

Hospital Corpsman Shannon Crowley, 22, US Marine with the FET (Female Engagement Team) 1st Battalion 8th Marines, Regimental Combat team II takes a nap before being sent out on a mission to Kunjak on November 12, 2010 in Musa Qala, Afghanistan.
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An Afghan artist removes rubbish in front of her graffiti in an industrial park in Kabul December 19, 2010. A group of women in burqas rises from the sea to symbolize cleanliness.
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Taliban fighters man a checkpoint in an undisclosed location in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Dec. 13, 2010. A Taliban commander on the ground said that they were checking the traffic looking for people working for the Afghan government, for non-governmental organizations or who work at the US military bases.
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U.S. Marine Corps First Lt. William Donnelly's widow, Linsey Donnelly (left), weeps while holding the American flag that covered his casket as she sits with 1st Lt. Donnelly's father William Donnelly III, mother Vicky Donnelly, sister U.S. Navy Lt. Melissa Weed and Chaplain Lt. Johnathan Bush during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery December 14, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. Donnelly died November 25th while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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Army paratroopers carry the casket of Private Howard at the Wellington Cathedral on December 21, 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. Private Howard was serving with the British army when was killed by friendly fire from a US Air Force plane in Helmand Province, Afghanistan earlier this month. Private Howard is the fifth NZ-born soldier to be killed in action in Afghanistan.
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A leg, part of a suicide bomber, is seen on the ground after a suicide attack in Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. A suicide car bomber targeted a Police Checkpoint Governor Spokesman said. Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says a suicide attack in the country's volatile east has killed two civilians.
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Afghan soldiers run for cover as a bomb explodes during a gunbattle on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.
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The body of a suspected Taliban fighter lies on the road after a gunbattle on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Teams of militants assaulted the Afghan army in the north of the country and in the capital killing at least 10 members of the security forces on Sunday, officials said.
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Afghan people watch at the site of a suicide bombing in Kabul on December 19, 2010. Two suicide bombers attacked an Afghan army bus on December 19, 2010 morning in Kabul killing five army personnel and wounding another nine, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP.
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Students line up to honor Marine Mike Geary, a 2009 graduate of Pinkerton Academy who was recently killed in Afghanistan, during a funeral procession drive by at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010.
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U.S. soldiers are silhouetted by a spotlight as they watch a performance by an entertainment troupe comprised of U.S. soldiers at Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010.
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US sergeant Jesse Frederick from 595th Sapper Company 2nd Engineers Battalion prepares to blow up an Improvised Explosive device (IED) found by an Afghan villager outside the US JFM camp during a walking patrol in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 29, 2010. US Army soldiers patrol the abandoned villages in Zari district to re-clear the area from the explosives as the Afghan villagers have started moving back to their homes.
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An Afghan worker stands at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. An average worker can earn $200 to $300 a month.
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1st Lt. Chris Stafford of Fairfax, Vermont, center, is hugged by his daughter Ella, left, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 in South Burlington, Vermont. About 300 Vermont National Guard soldiers returned Thursday after a yearlong mission. Nearly 1,500 Vermont soldiers have been gone for about a year, spending nine months in Afghanistan.
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US staff sergeant Andrew Morales from Alpha Troop 1-75 Cavalry 2nd Brigade 101st Airborne Division jumps over a wall during a foot patrol in the Siah Choy village in Zari district of Kandahar province on December 21, 2010.
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