Sep 09, 2009 - Golestan, Farah Province, Afghanistan - A US Marine from the 2nd MEB of the 2/3 Marines stands watch as two Air Force engineers plant explosives to destroy a Taliban rocket found after fighting in the Black Pass in a hostile region by the Buji Bast Pass (aka Bhuji Bast) and "Fighting Mountain" aka "Kohe Tengay" which in Pashto means "Three Kings" in Golestan, Farah Province, where US Marines have been deadlocked in a bitter counterinsurgency campaign and conflict with insurgents using mainly Improvise Explosive Devices (IED's).
(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)