Ahmad Nadeem / Reuters
An Afghan man attends to his wounded brother at a hospital after a roadside bomb blast in Panjwai district of Kandahar on May 24. Ten Afghan construction workers were killed and 28 wounded when their truck hit a roadside bomb in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, said Kandahar health official Abdul Qayum Pukhla.
According to our report today, violence is at its worst in Afghanistan since U.S.-backed forces toppled the Taliban in 2001. Last year saw record casualties on all sides and this year is following a similar trend.
See more images from Afghanistan in our slideshow.
Scott Olson / Getty Images
U.S. Army medic SGT Tyrone Jordan of Charlotte, NC attached to Dustoff Task Force Shadow of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade works on a 12-year-old Afghani girl aboard a MEDEVAC helicopter after she was grazed in the face by a bullet September 20, 2010 near Marja, Afghanistan. Task Force Shadow is responsible for evacuating wounded Afghani and Coalition forces as well as local nationals throughout southern Afghanistan.
Can you imagine being a 12-year-old, getting grazed by a bullet and taking what is (I'm guessing) your first trip in an aircraft, surrounded by foreigners? How profound a sensory impression that could make? I think you'd remember vividly it for the rest of your life.
E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSS