Alexander The Great invasion route to Kandahar
Sep 11, 2009 - Golestan, Farah Province, Afghanistan - US Marines from the 2nd MEB of the 2/3 Marines Fox Company try to find their way out of a valley littered with land mines and roadside bombs in the Buji Bast Pass (aka Bhuji Bast) in Golestan, Farah Province, after several days of insurgent attacks, ambushes and roadside bombs. 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)