Assignment Afghanistan

Soldiers from 4th Battalion 25th Field Artillery walk through a field of fodder in the Jalrez Valley, Wardak Province.

A medic from the 4-25 Field Artillery stands between apple trees on a dawn patrol of the Jalrez Valley, Wardak Province.

An Afghan National Army radio operator surrounded by apple groves and brush on a morning mission in the Jalrez Valley.

An Afghan interpreter working for the 10th Mountain Division checks a village boy&#039;s mobile phone for suspicious contacts.

Women cover up as Afghan National Police search their family compound in the Jalrez Valley.

An Afghan civilian waits while US Army soldiers and Afghan National Police (ANP) search his family&#039;s home in the Jalrez Valley.

A US Army soldier, background, registers biometric data of the young Afghan man in the foreground.

Soldiers take a patrol break in the late afternoon in the Jalrez Valley.

A village elder in the Jalrez Valley waits on his roof while US Army soldiers and Afghan National Police search his compound.

A small boy looks on as US Army soldiers and Afghan National Police search his family compound in the Jalrez Valley.

Villagers watch warily in the Jalrez Valley.

A US Army soldier from the 4-25 Field Artillery Regiment scans the hills above a footpath.

A US Army soldier scales a rocky hill.