U.S. Army Spc. Aaron Ruden of the 13th Psychological Operations Battalion Arden Hills, Minn., secures an area in a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. soldiers attached to the Combined Joint Task Force 76 participated in a search for weapons in the village that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
Romanian soldiers secure an area in a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. soldiers attached to the Combined Joint Task Force 76 participated in a search for weapons in the village that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
Coalition soldiers of the Combined Joint Task Force 76 search a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. The soldiers were in the area to participate in a Coalition Medical Assistance Program but it was cancelled when their convoy came under attack by small arms fire. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army search a building in a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army search a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. The soldiers were in the area to participate in a Coalition Medical Assistance Program but it was cancelled when their convoy came under attack by small arms fire. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
U.S. Coalition soldiers of the Combined Joint Task Force 76 search a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
U.S. Coalition soldiers of the Combined Joint Task Force 76 search a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army leave a village that was searched for weapons near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army play with children in a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. The soldiers were in the area to participate in searching for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
A U.S. soldier attached to the Combined Joint Task Force 76 searches an area in a village near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, May 21, 2005. U.S. Army soldiers and the Afghan National Army participated in the search for weapons that could be used against Coalition forces. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes