May 24, 2012 12:10 PM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

A picture of Omar Hammami, the American Islamist and member of Shabaab, has surfaced on the Internet. Via the SITE Intelligence Group:

The individual behind the recent postings of material from Omar Hammami provided a picture of Hammami posing with a laptop computer on which the cover of his autobiography is displayed. The individual, a Somali jihadist calling himself "Abu Muhammad as-Somaali," posted a link to access the picture on his social networking accounts on May 23, 2012. Somaali had earlier posted the video in which Hammami AKA Abu Mansour al-Amriki stated that he feels his life may be endangered by the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, and also posted Hammami's autobiography, "The Story of an American Jihaadi, Part One." On his Twitter account, Somaali has been actively commenting and debating fellow users about the conflict in Somalia between AMISOM and the Shabaab, and other issues.

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May 22, 2012 9:13 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

An Afghan National Army soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade at an insurgent position during a firefight on May 17, 2012 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. In the distance, Afghan police are running to find cover near a position manned by paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.

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May 17, 2012 2:05 PM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

A British Royal Air Force Chinook stirs up a cloud of dust in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photo via UK Forces Afghanistan.

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May 15, 2012 9:59 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

Private First Class Kristina Batty, a medic with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers May 5, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Batty is joining Female Engagement Team members to discover what females of the village need. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.

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May 11, 2012 10:55 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team passes before the rising sun during a patrol into a village May 4, 2012, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The equipment on his back is used to block remotely detonated improvised explosive devices. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.

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May 9, 2012 10:21 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal John Ellington talks to a local Afghan boy in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, April 24, 2012. Ellington's platoon partnered with Afghan soldiers in a clearing operation throughout the area. He is a team leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. US Marine Corps photo by Corporal Timothy Lenzo.

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May 7, 2012 9:49 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan National Army 6 Kandak, 203rd Corps, move into a village April 28, 2012, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. US Army photo by Sergeant Michael J. MacLeod.

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May 2, 2012 9:46 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

US Marine Corporal Sean Grady and Ace, a military working dog trained to detect improvised explosive devices, provide security during a patrol in the Khan Neshin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 27, 2012. Grady, a dog handler and pointman assigned to Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Ace have located 16 roadside bombs, the most of any team in their battalion since arriving in the province last October. Photo by Corporal Alfred V. Lopez

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April 27, 2012 12:35 PM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

US soldier Nicholas Dickhut from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne points his rifle at a doorway after coming under fire by the Taliban while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 26, 2012. Photo by REUTERS/Baz Ratner.

The photo is from the Reuters "Editor's Choice" slideshow of the "best photos from the last 24 hours."

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April 25, 2012 10:51 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, interacts with an Afghan local during Operation Jaws April 7, 2012. Op Jaws was a large-scale operation that took place April 5-8. 2/5 participated in one phase of the operation, which was designed to find and destroy weapons caches, improvised explosive devices and drug producing facilities around Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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April 23, 2012 10:03 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

A young girl pauses to adjust her scarf of a windy day on the road between Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Photo by Thorne Anderson/Corbis.

A full-size/frame version of the image, and others by Anderson, can be seen at "Afghanistan the Beautiful," a slideshow of photos from Foreign Policy's new eBook, Afghanistan by Donkey.

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April 18, 2012 10:11 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

The view looking north toward the Hindu Kush in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The picture is part of a series of photographs by civilian contractor Peretz Partensky published in Business Insider.

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April 16, 2012 9:41 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

US Sergeant Major of the Army Ray Chandler and International Security Assistance Force US Army Command Sergeant Major Thomas Capel depart from Combat Outpost Bari Alai on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, April 3, 2012. US Army photo by Sergeant Christopher Harper.

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April 10, 2012 3:26 PM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

US Army Sergeant Mark Velasco, left, Private Daniel Potter, center, and US Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Bakke provide security on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, April 7, 2012. US Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Jonathan Lovelady.

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April 4, 2012 11:52 AM ET
Posted by Bill Ardolino

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Sergey Huber clears a 7-foot wall during a regimental operation in Urmoz, Afghanistan, March 25, 2012. Huber is an automatic weapon gunner assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. US Marine Corps photo by Sergeant James Mercure.

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