Afghanistan

AP News - 751 days ago
Afghanistan
U.S. Army Platoon Leader Lt. John Cumbie, center, of the 2-12 Infantry, based out of Fort Carson, Colo. shakes hands with a local elder after they discussed the funding and management of a small local development project, in Ghalbalay, a village in the Pech Valley, Kunar province, northeastern Afghanistan, Saturday Jan. 23, 2010. Despite the often cordial relations with local villagers, the soldiers of Task Force Lethal also regularly receive small and large-arms fire from Taliban militants who operate in the hillsides of the Pech Valley. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)