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  • Afghan National Army soldiers seen on the front lines in Zhari District, Afghanistan.<br />
© Louie Palu/Agence VU
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  • Medevac helicopter on mission over Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. <br />
© Louie Palu/Agence VU
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  • Dust and smoke on helicopter landing zone, enemy possible, Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. © Louie Palu/Agence VU
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  • Canadian medics at a Canadian Forward Operating Base are seen standing on a blood stained floor while treating four Afghan civilians one of which later died from his wounds after they suffered injuries from an apparent improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Zhari District Afghanistan. Zhari and the adjacent Panjwai District have been the most volatile area of Afghanistan over the past two years and the site of NATO's largest ever land battle. Soldiers felt that the civilians injuries seemed more associated with an accident from setting an IED than stumbling across one.<br />
© Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/New America Foundation
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  • Standing in dust from improvised explosive device blast, Nakhonay, Panjwa’i District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010<br />
20 X 24 inch pigment print. <br />
Photo © Louie Palu<br />
FOR EXHIBITION REVIEWS ONLY. NO OTHER EDITORIAL USE PERMITTED.<br />
www.louiepalu.com
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  • Thorns from a dead plant hang from a mud wall where a Canadian soldier stands watch during the Canadian lead Operation Tashwish Mekawah in a joint operation with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in the Sangasar and Howz-E-Madad area in the volatile Zhari District in Afghanistan.
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  • Dec 16, 2007 - Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  Soldiers from the from the Royal Gurkha Rifles seen taking cover during Operation Terrah Toorah in the Siah Choy area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Zhari district has become well known for insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Canadian soldiers from the Van Doos B Company move past compounds after searching for insurgents in a small village in the Sangasar region during the Canadian lead Operation Tashwish Mekawah in a joint operation with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in the Sangasar and Howz-E-Madad area in the volatile Zhari District in Afghanistan.
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  • Dec 04, 2007 - Zhari-Panjwai Districts, Kandahar, Afghanistan - An Afghan woman is questioned by Canadian soldiers from the Van Doos B Company in her compound during the Canadian lead Operation Tashwish Mekawah in a joint operation with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in the Sangasar and Howz-E-Madad area in the volatile Zhari District in Afghanistan. <br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
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  • Dec 04, 2007 - Zhari-Panjwai Districts, Kandahar, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier talks aim from the roof of a civilian compound during an operation in Zhari District near Sangasar, Afghanistan..The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu.
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  • Soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) take positions in a grape hut during Operation Matawarkawel Sheppa in the Pashmul area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Pashmul area has become well known for frequent insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces.
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  • Canadian soldiers from the Van Doos B Company walk on a narrow path past irrigated agricultural land in the Sangasar region during the Canadian lead Operation Tashwish Mekawah in a joint operation with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in the Sangasar and Howz-E-Madad area in the volatile Zhari District in Afghanistan.
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  • Afghan National Police rest on a rug out of uniform at a police substation in Howz-E-Madad in Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan.<br />
Dec. 25, 2007<br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
CANADIAN SALES AND USE ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR USE.
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  • Afghan National Army soldiers take a break from the fighting in their tents and eat meat from a sacrificed sheep and combine it with rice and bread for soldiers to celebrate the second EID also known as the Festival of Sacrifice at a Forward Operating Base on the front lines in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. There are two celebrations of EID during the second it is common to sacrifice an animal, which is to commemorate and celebrate the sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham also known as Ibrahim.
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  • Dec 16, 2007 - Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  An Afghan National Army soldier has tea during the morning on the second day of EID while taking a break from the fighting to celebrate the second EID also known as the Festival of Sacrifice at a Forward Operating Base on the front lines in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. There are two celebrations of EID during the second it is common to sacrifice an animal, which is to commemorate and celebrate the sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham also known as Ibrahim..The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu.CANADIAN SALES AND USE ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR USE.
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  • An Afghan National Army soldier lays in his bed beside his assault rifle, bread, tea and a small Christmas tree during the morning on the second day of EID while taking a break from the fighting to celebrate the second EID also known as the Festival of Sacrifice at a Forward Operating Base on the front lines in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. Many of the Afghan soldiers serving with Canadian Troops considered EID like their form of Christmas. There are two celebrations of EID during the second it is common to sacrifice an animal, which is to commemorate and celebrate the sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham also known as Ibrahim.<br />
© Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/New America Foundation
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  • A Afghan soldier plays a flute while others peel potatoes on the front lines in the Howz-E-Madad area a day before a joint operation against Taliban insurgents with Canadian Forces in Zharay District, Kandahar Afghanistan which along with nearby Panjwa'i are the most volatile areas in the country and the scene of heavy fighting with Taliban insurgents up through 2010, which has become the site of some of the largest land battles in NATO's history.<br />
© Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/New America Foundation
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  • Assault rifles, towels and clothing are hung in the living quarters 0f Afghan soldiers at a Forward Operating Base in Zhari District Afghanistan..photo by Louie Palu.Jan. 4, 2008.
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  • An Afghan soldier at an Afghan Strong Point in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan holds a pet bird known to them as a "Mina" which is a common pet amongst Afghan security forces. They clip the wings so the bird can't fly away.<br />
July 5, 2008<br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
CANADIAN SALES AND USE ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR USE.
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  • A soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) points to two suspected insurgents moving across a grape field during Operation Matawarkawel Sheppa in the Pashmul area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army.The Pashmul area has become well known for frequent insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces.
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  • Nov 26, 2007 - Zhari-Panjwai District, Kandahar, Afghanistan - A soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) pets an abandoned horse on the front lines in the Howz-E-Madad area during a break in fighting with Taliban insurgents in a joint operation with Canadian Forces in the Zhari District of Afghanistan which along with nearby Panjwai are the most volatile areas in the country and the scene of heavy fighting with Taliban insurgents, which has become the site of the largest land battles in NATO's history..The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu.
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  • A soldier from the Royal Gurkha Rifles rests after a fire fight with insurgents during Operation Terrah Toorah in the Siah Choy area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Zhari district has become well known for insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces.
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  • Canadian and Afghan soldiers move toward insurgents taking shelter in a compound during Operation Terrah Toorah in the Siah Choy area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Zhari district has become well known for insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces.
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  • Dec 16, 2007 - Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan - A  man believed to be a Taliban insurgent who was captured and detained by British Gurkha and Afghan soldiers is lead up a road during Operation Terrah Toorah in the Siah Choy area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Zhari district has become well known for insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • A soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) searches a civilian in a compound also searched by Canadian soldiers which is suspected of harboring insurgents during Operation Matawarkawel Sheppa in the Pashmul area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Pashmul area has become well known for frequent insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces.
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  • An injured 16-year-old Afghan boy waits to be evacuated to a hospital for treatment for injuries from an apparent Improvised Explosive Device (IED). He was treated along with three other civilians at a military medical facility at a Forward Operating Base on the front lines in Zhari District Afghanistan. Soldiers felt that the civilians injuries seemed more associated with an accident from setting an IED than stumbling across one. Canadian doctors and medics were able to save three of the four civilians injured in the explosion.
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  • A Canadian soldier scans the ground past a group of goats during a patrol in Pashmul on the front lines in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.
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  • A Canadian Soldier stands watch beside his armored vehicle during a patrol in the Pashmul area of Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan......
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  • Aug 13, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - After a long battle in the Feyzollahkhan area, Canadian troops rest in an abandoned building in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Canadian Cpl. John Suchan of 3 PPCLI at a Canadian Police Sub Station after a patrol in the Pashmul area of Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
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  • US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battle Landing Team (BLT) 1/6 Alpha Company patrol down a main street of a village in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces.
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  • US Marines sit exhausted on their cots at Forward Operating Base Apache North in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces.
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  • US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battle Landing Team (BLT) 1/6 Alpha Company work out in an open air gym at Forward Operating Base Apache North in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces.
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  • Afghan civilians stand by a wall covered in graffiti depicting machine guns and two anti-colaition slogans in Pashto saying "Death for London" and Death for America" in an area recently pacified and secured by the US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and British Forces in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting and recently handed over control to British Forces.
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  • Canadian Pte. Sushil Nadan has his head shaved by a comrade behind a wall of sandbags at combat outpost Ballpeen, which earlier this year was one of the most attacked Canadian bases in Afghanistan located in Nakhonay, Panjwaii District, Kandahar..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/The Alexia Foundation/ZUMA Press).
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  • Apr 15, 2010 - Panjwaii, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  (Left to Right) Pvt. John Howard eats breakfeast while an exhasuted Cpl. Adam Hilton mans the radio before patroling in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii (aka Panjway) District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Apr 16, 2010 - Panjwaii, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  A Canadian soldier with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team disposing of a explosive device set by insurgents using 60 kg of home made explosive (HME) and shrapnel in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii (aka Panjway) District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country..The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu.CANADIAN SALES AND USE ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR USE.
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  • Apr 17, 2010 - Panjwaii, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  After three days of searching for bombs planted by insurgents Pvt. Kris Winther sleeps througha light rain in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii (aka Panjway) District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Apr 18, 2010 - Panjwaii, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  Canadian pvt. John Howard seen after almost 5 days of searching for Taliban bombs in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii (aka Panjway) District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Apr 18, 2010 - Panjwaii, Kandahar, Afghanistan -  Canadian mcpl. Joel Van de vorst prepares for a night of watching for insurgents who plant bombs targeting his unit in the village of Kairo Kala in Panjwaii (aka Panjway) District west of Kandahar City during a patrol searching for deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's) planted by Taliban insurgents. This area is one of the most volatile and IED riddled areas in the country.<br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
CANADIAN SALES AND USE ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR USE.
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  • Afghan and Canadian soldiers in a trench mark their position with purple smoke during a drone strike on insurgents nearby, Panjwa’i District, Kandahar Province.<br />
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  • Men rush a wounded 8-year-old boy to Canadian troops for help after he was critically injured by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) set by Taliban insurgents looking to target Canadian troops on patrol in the village of Fathullah in Panjwa'i District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.<br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
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July 8, 2010
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  • The shadows of Canadian soldiers from the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) are cast on the wall by an Afghan farmer who is questioned at a checkpoint during an operation targeting insurgents in the village of Chalghowr in Panjwa'i (Panjwaii) District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. <br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
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June 21, 2010
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  • An Afghan boy prepares to shoot a stone with a slingshot as farmers move grass and animals down a path in the village of Chalghowr in Panjwa'i (Panjwaii) District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. <br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
CANADIAN SALES AND USE ONLY. NO INTERNATIONAL SALES OR USE.<br />
June 22, 2010
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  • American soldiers guarding a road while an explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) team clears an improvised explosive device from a road in Arghandab District west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press).
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  • Canadian soldiers take cover from the dust and wind of a Canadian helicopter during an operation targeting insurgents in the village of Chalghowr in Panjwa'i (Panjwaii) District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. .(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/The Alexia Foundation/ZUMA Press).June 22, 2010...
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  • Canadian soldiers of the Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR) take a break from the searing heat under a tree eating grapes in a grapefield during an operation searching for Taliban insurgents and IED's in the Sperwan area of Panjwa'i District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/The Alexia Foundation/ZUMA Press).June 29, 2010
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  • Three brothers wounded by an insurgent's bomb, Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010.Photo © Louie Palu.20 X 24 inch pigment print...FOR FOTOWEEK DC HONFLEUR EXHIBITION REVIEWS ONLY. NO OTHER EDITORIAL USE PERMITTED..www.louiepalu.com
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  • Afghan soldiers are led to waiting US medevac helicopters after they were injured by a roadside bomb set by insurgents in Maiwand District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The majority of military related casualties are suffered by Afghan soldiers. (Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/The Alexia Foundation).....
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  • An Afghan soldier injured in an IED (improvised explosive device) blast while clearing insrugents from the Taliban stronghold of Zhari District in Kandahar, Afghanistan is seen on a US Army medevac helicopter on it's way to Kandahar Airfield. The medevac helicopter is with the 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade under the call sign Shadow Dustoff..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/The Alexia Foundation)....
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  • Seen in a US Army MEDEVAC helicopter are the bandaged legs of an Afghan soldier who lost his feet and part of his legs to an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Arghandab Valley in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. IED's are one of the most common weapons used by Taliban insurgents which can be indiscrimmanate, killing and maiming both combatants and civilians..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/The Alexia Foundation/ZUMA Press).July 21, 2010
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  • An Afghan soldier wounded in an improvised explosive device attack (IED) in Arghandab District in Kandahar, Afghanistan lies beside a from a pool of blood from a US soldiers amputated leg which was blown off in the same attack as they are evacuated for treatment in a US Army medevac helicopter at Kandahar Airfield..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/The Alexia Foundation)...
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  • US Army flight Medic SGT Patrick Schultz talks to a wounded US soldier in the rear of a medevac helicopter while enroute to Kandahar Airfield after he was injured by an improvised explosive device in Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/The Alexia Foundation).....
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  • Canadian Cpl. Daniel Nish asleep at combat outpost Ballpeen in the village of Kalache adjacent to the village of Nakhonay, in Panjwa'i District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. In the early months of the summer this outpost was one of the most attacked bases in the Canadian area of operations.<br />
The Canadian Press Images/Louie Palu<br />
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June 29, 2010
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  • A blood and mud stained Afghan soldier seriously injured by an IED during a patrol at night is illuminated by the MEDEVAC helicopters cabin lights as he is evacuated out of the Taliban stronghold of Zhari District during a combat operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan. <br />
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  • A US soldier illuminates the legs of a comrade critically injured by an improvised explosive device attack at night on their armored vehicle for the flight medic flying with the 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade who is organizing the evacuation of the wounded via  a MEDEVAC helicopter to Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar, Afghanistan. © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press/New America Foundation
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  • An American soldier enters an insurgent controlled village in Arghandab District just west fo Kandahar City ahead of the U.S. surge to clear the area of insurgents, Kandahar, Afghanistan.(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press).2010.
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  • Jul 15, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - A sand bag fighting position and gun port looking in the direction of Sangasar ( aka Singisar )above a bunker at a Canadian Forward Operating Base ( FOB ) in Zhari District, Afghanistan. Sangasar is believed to the birthplace of the Taliban movement, led my Mullah Mohammed Omar. This district is one of the most contested areas in the country..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)..
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  • Jul 18, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - A detainee captured by the Afghan Army on a joint patrol with Canadian troops sits by a wall at a Canadian Forward Operating Base in Howz E Madad in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. .(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 25, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - An Afghan civilian walks his sheep past a Canadian machine gun position somewhere on the district line between Zhari and Panjwai Districts, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Dec 30, 2007 - Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan - Bound and later blindfolded an Afghan civilian suspected of being an insurgent having tested positive by Canadian troops for possession of explosives is captured by the Afghan National Army (ANA) and was later handed over to the Afghan National Police (ANP) for interrogation and possible imprisonment during operation Winter Storm in the Howz-E-Madad area in Zhari District Afghanistan. During the operation insurgent safe houses and numerous weapons, bomb making materials, medical supplies and other resources such as food and winter clothing were discovered in the joint Canadian and Afghan National Army (ANA) effort..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Nov 26, 2007 - Zhari-Panjwai Districts, Kandahar, Afghanistan - An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier prays on the front lines in a forward operating base in the Howz-E-Madad area a day before an operation against Taliban insurgents in Zhari District, Afghanistan which along with nearby Panjwai are the most volatile areas in the country and the scene of heavy fighting with Taliban insurgents, which has become the site of the largest land battles in NATO's history..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Canadian soldiers walk through smoke and dust at dusk after blasting an insurgent weapons cache in the Sperwan area of Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Canadian soldiers have suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any western army battling insurgents in one of the most violent regions of the country.
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  • Jul 27, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - Canadian Cpl. Sheldon Crawford takes cover in tall grass in a ditch while taking fire from insurgents near the Pashmul area in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The numerous ditches and lush vegetation of Zhari District makes the area ideal for guerilla warfare and allows the insurgents freedom of movement and .(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 12, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - An Afghan soldier eats grapes during a patrol in Pashmul in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 29, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - Canadian soldiers cross a river after a fire fight in the Makuan area in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 11, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - Under a hail of gunfire Canadian and Afghan soldiers battle insurgents on "Contact Corner" by "Taliban Road" in the Spin Pir area of Zhari District, Afghanistan. This area is located within several km of what is believed to be the birthplace of the Taliban lead by Mullah Omar..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 11, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan -  Under fire a frightened and stunned Afghan machine gunner asks a Canadian Soldier how they could defeat the Taliban after a long and heavy fire fight near "Contact Corner" by "Taliban Road" in the Spin Pir area of Zhari District, Afghanistan. This area is located within several km of what is believed to be the birthplace of the Taliban lead by Mullah Omar..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 11, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - Soaked in sweat and exhausted from a heavy fire fight, Canadian soldier Sgt. Paul Sprenger takes a drink from his canteen in the Spin Pir area of Zhari District, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 17, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - Canadian soldiers shelter a casualty outside a field hospital from a helicopters dust before moving him to the air ambulance known as a medivac for transport to Kandahar Airfield in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. .(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press).
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  • Jul 29, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - While under fire Afghan soldiers move a comrade to safety after he was hit by shrapnel from rocket fire in a fire fight during an operation with Canadian troops in the Makuan area in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jun 13, 2009 - Kandahar, Afghanistan - An Afghan farmer processes his wheat crop outside his homes while a group of Afghan and Canadian soldiers conduct searches of homes after a battle with insurgents in the Howz-e-Madad Bazaar in Zhari District, Afghanistan. .(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • A Canadian Army Medic gently closes the eyes of an young Afghan man after he was fatally shot during a battle between the Afghan Army and Taliban insurgents in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The medics at this front line army hospital worked desperately to save and revive him, but the wounds were too severe for him survive.
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  • Jul 30, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - An Afghan National Police (ANP) Officer at a Police station with fellow officers watch as he unties the bound feet of a comrade who was executed by the Taliban. The 19-year old police officer was abducted by insurgents along with a fellow officer in Zhari District, paraded through a village shot in the face and neck and hung. The ANP are the primary target of insurgents and sustain thousands of casualties per year. To date over 500 Afghan Police have been killed this year with over 900 killed in 2007..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • The amputated and shredded legs of an Afghan civilian security guard after stepping on a land mine placed by insurgents for an ambush on a civilian convoy. Here he is seen before he succumbed to his wounds in a Canadian front line military hospital in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Civilian convoys are frequently attacked by insurgents in this area in an effort to destabilize the country and discredit the government.
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  • Jun 28, 2009 - Kandahar, Afghanistan - A bound suspected insurgent seen at the feet of a Canadian soldier after he was captured during three days of fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Siah Choy in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. .(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • Jul 16, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - While conducting psychological operations, Canadian soldiers question an Afghan farmer while searching for insurgents in the Pashmul area in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Canadian Soldiers have been locked in bitter fighting in this area since 2006 after the NATO battle Operation Medusa..(Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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  • A dead insurgent killed by Afghan Police in a battle stored in an abandoned building next to an Afghan police station in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The police held the remains of the insurgent so they could use it to trade with the Taliban for the body of a police officer the insurgents had killed, held  and refused to return. This has been the most violent year in the country since the 2001 invasion.
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  • Canadian soldiers from the Vandoos (R22R) Charlie Company search an abandoned bazaar for IED's in the Sperwan area in Panjwai District Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
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  • An Afghan police officer grips his AK-47 assault rifle, as village elders from Adamzai and Khenjakak comfront his unit and Canadian soldiers to release three men detained for being suspected insurgents in Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
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  • Afghan Police (ANP) are lead in prayer by a Mullah during a gathering for the burial of one of their comrades who was killed in an ambush by Taliban insurgents in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The police officer had no family who could claim his body, so he was buried with other police officers with no family outside their police station on the front lines.
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  • Jul 14, 2008 - Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan - An Afghan National Police (ANP) officer who was injured by gunfire sings to birds at an outpost on the front lines in Pashmul in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.. (Credit Image: © Louie Palu/ZUMA Press)
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