November 20, 2009 3:42 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Two US Army Provincial Reconstruction Team-Kunar security force members from the 1-221 Calvary Nevada National Guard and currently assigned to Camp Wright in Asadabad, Afghanistan, keep a watchful eye while on patrol in the village of Kandaroo. The security team, along with engineers from the PRT, was in the area to check on the condition of a road that was recently completed and to assess a local micro hydro dam that is no longer working. Photo by Tech Sergeant Brian Boisvert.

November 19, 2009 12:52 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Army soldiers rush to firing positions after coming under attack it the Waterpur Valley, Kunar province, Afghanistan. US troops battled the Taliban during a three-hour firefight on Nov. 3, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. US Army photo by Private First Class Cody A. Thompson.

November 18, 2009 11:54 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Afghan Soldiers of 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps of the Afghan National Army conduct a combined patrol with Paratroopers from Company A, 2st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Task Force Fury), 82nd Airborne Division, through the town of Shajoy in Zabul province, Afghanistan. The Paratroopers are tasked with advising and assisting the ANA and Afghan National Police with their operations in the province, which contains the vital Highway 1, the road that connects Kabul to Kandahar. Photo by Sergeant Stephen Decatur.

For more on this region, see "Crossroads of Afghanistan-Contested Province Is Vital Link."

November 17, 2009 8:36 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Army Military Police officers cross a bridge outside Surkhani Village after leaving an Afghan police checkpoint in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan. The soldiers are assigned to the 49th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion. US Army Military Police regularly offer assistance and mentorship to their emerging Afghan police partners. US Army photo by Private First Class Cody A. Thompson.

November 14, 2009 4:28 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni and Afghan National Police walk up a snowy hill after their vehicles became stuck in the mud in the Nawur district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 8, 2009. The team's members visited the district to perform quality assurance control on a collapsed karza and two comprehensive health clinics. US Air Force photo by Tech Sergeant Rebecca F. Corey.

November 13, 2009 12:58 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Coalition soldiers assigned to the joint force brace themselves against a CH-47 Chinook helicopter's rotor wash at the helicopter landing zone in the Zanakhan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. US Army photo by Specialist Walter Reeves.

November 12, 2009 2:51 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

A US Army UH-57 Kiowa helicopter from the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Campbell, Ky., lands at Combat Outpost Honaker-Miracle, in Afghanistan's Kunar province, covering the surrounding area with dust and debris.

November 10, 2009 10:03 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Army Specialist Mauricio Moreno spots a group of puppies while posting security in Orgun, Afghanistan. US Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Dallas Edwards.

November 9, 2009 10:07 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

Staff Sergeant Justin Schramm, an aerial gunner on an HH-60G Pave Hawk, scans the countryside while on a mission in Afghanistan. The Pave Hawks are used for Combat Search and Rescue, and have been operated by the US Air Force since 1991. Sergeant Schramm is working in the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.

November 7, 2009 10:22 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and soldiers with the 3rd Federal Police Transition Team, work in conjunction with Iraqi Federal Police officers during a cordon and search mission, at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Mosul. The area was suspected of being used as a vehicle-borne explosive device factory. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez.

November 6, 2009 9:16 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) 26 and Sailors from the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) man the ship's rails as the vessel sails down New York's Hudson River. Photo by Lance Corporal Tommy Bellegarde.

November 4, 2009 5:24 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The Pakistani Army confiscated passports of al Qaeda operatives when it seized control of an al Qaeda training camp near the village of Sherwangi on Oct. 25. Among the items found at the Sherwangi camp was a passport belonging to Said Bahaji, one of the al Qaeda operatives who participated in the 9/11 attacks on the US.

Bahaji was close to Mohammed Atta, the tactical commander of the 9/11 attacks. He was also an aide to Ramzi Binalshibh, who served as the link between 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Atta. Bahaji is known to have traveled to Karachi from Hamburg on Sept. 3, 2001, just eight days before the attack.

Also recovered at the Sherwangi camp was a passport belonging to Raquel Gacia Burgos, the wife of Amer Azizi, a senior al Qaeda operative who played a role in the train bombings in Madrid, Spain, in March 2004. The deadly attack killed 191 people. Azizi is known to be a senior leader of al Qaeda in Europe and has connections to al Qaeda affiliates in North Africa.

November 2, 2009 11:31 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

The soon to be commissioned USS New York sails into New York Harbor on Nov. 2, 2009. The amphibious transport dock, laid with seven and a half tons of steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center in its bow, will be commissioned in a ceremony at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum Nov. 7. It is the sixth Navy ship to bear the name New York. US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Barbara L. Patton.

November 1, 2009 10:11 AM ET
By Bill Roggio

US Marines provide security for fellow Marines during a security patrol in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marines are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. US Marine Corps photo by Corporal Artur Shartsberg.

October 30, 2009 7:38 PM ET
By Bill Roggio

A US Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft drops supplies outside Forward Operating Base Golestan in Helmand province, Afghanistan. US Marines assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, rely on supply drops to keep operations running smoothly. US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Chad J. Pulliam.