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Afghanistan through the eyes of a military pilot
The second part of the luxury of photographs taken in Afghanistan from the air. The first part
1. US Marines in the armored vehicle MRAP in Helmand province. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
2. An Afghan boy in a field near Marzhaha. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
3. American soldiers over the Hindu Kush mountain system of delivering humanitarian aid after the earthquake in the northern town of Nahrin. March 25, 2002 a strong earthquake destroyed buildings in the region, and many were injured or left homeless. Charitable organizations rushed to help the tens of thousands left without homes of Afghans. (Photo Natalie Behring-Chisholm / Getty Images)
4. An Afghan man looks at the helicopter February 16, 2002, during a military operation in Kandahar. Helicopters are part of the US armed forces fighting with the militants "Taliban" and "Al Qaeda". (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
5. An American soldier with a machine gun on board a helicopter, "Chinook", 100 km north of Kabul. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
6. American soldiers with a machine gun on board a helicopter, "Chinook" in 100 km to the north of the province of Panjshir. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
7. French helicopter over Afghan village in the province of Kapisa. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
8. The French troops in helicopters over the province of Kapisa. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
9. The Afghan economy in Kapisa province. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
10. A small hamlet in the mountains of Afghanistan. Commander of US forces and NATO in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan said that the strengthening of Afghan security will take 3-4 years to be able to begin withdrawing 70,000 international troops. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
11. A US soldier with a machine gun on board a helicopter, "Chinook" of Kabul. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
12. The suburbs of Kabul. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
13. The soldiers on board a jumbo jet over the mountains of Afghanistan. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
14. A soldier with a machine gun in the tail of the helicopter on the way to the base of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. (Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
15. Aerial view of the mountain in northern Afghanistan, near the border with Tajikistan. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP / Getty Images)
16. The village in the valley in the northern part of Afghanistan. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP / Getty Images)
17. US Marines helicopter CH 53 on the margin in the district of Helmand province. May 2, the US announced the killing of Osama bin Laden during an operation in Pakistan, nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP / Getty Images)
18. Aerial view of the Darul Aman Palace, the former residence of the Afghan King Amanullah (1920-1929). April 11, 2005, Afghanistan announced his plans to transform the ruins of the former royal palace in the headquarters of the first post-Taliban country's parliament, however, ask for help from private sponsors for restoration. The Afghan government supported by the German architect drawings to restore the palace built by the Afghan King Amanullah Khan in 1924. However, sponsors will have to pay for it 60-70 million. (EMMANUEL DUPARCQ / AFP / Getty Images)
19. The French soldiers during an air patrol over Kabul before the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "The international community simply can not lose the" war against terrorism "in Afghanistan" - said Nicolas Sarkozy during his short visit to the troubled country. (ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP / Getty Images)
20. Aerial view of the mountains of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
21. Aerial view of the territory of the Iran-Afghan border near the southeastern Iranian city of Zabol. Iran conducted for journalists a rare tour of the eastern borders in order to attract public attention to the need for funds the war on drugs. (BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP / Getty Images)
22. Aerial view of the Kandahar province from a helicopter, carrying the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. (Photo by Jason Reed-Pool / Getty Images)
23. Helicopter CH-53 avoided the gunfire from the ground during a patrol in the province of Helmand. (DAVID FURST / AFP / Getty Images)
24. A broad band of villages with agricultural lands and clay houses from the Helmand River irrigation canal and surrounded by fertile fields. (ROMEO GACAD / AFP / Getty Images)
25. Aerial view of Jalalabad. US President Barack Obama vowed to December 10, 2009, that Afghanistan does not become "a permanent protectorate" of the US, continuing to insist on the withdrawal of troops in July 2011. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP / Getty Images)
26 US soldiers in a helicopter "Black Hawk Down" over the district Shahvali Côte after takeoff from Kandahar Airfield. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP / Getty Images)
27. Aerial view of farmland near the Afghan mountains with a French helicopter. December 16, 2009 for the first time France has agreed to send troops to Afghanistan to help the President of the United States in the fight against terrorism. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
28. Aerial view of the snow-covered village of Salang, which as a result of an avalanche killed about 165 people, 10 February 2010 in the province of Parwan. Rescuers have found the bodies of 165 people after one of the worst disasters of the country. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
29. Helicopter "Black Hawk Down" of the province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
1. US Marines in the armored vehicle MRAP in Helmand province. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
2. An Afghan boy in a field near Marzhaha. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
3. American soldiers over the Hindu Kush mountain system of delivering humanitarian aid after the earthquake in the northern town of Nahrin. March 25, 2002 a strong earthquake destroyed buildings in the region, and many were injured or left homeless. Charitable organizations rushed to help the tens of thousands left without homes of Afghans. (Photo Natalie Behring-Chisholm / Getty Images)
4. An Afghan man looks at the helicopter February 16, 2002, during a military operation in Kandahar. Helicopters are part of the US armed forces fighting with the militants "Taliban" and "Al Qaeda". (Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
5. An American soldier with a machine gun on board a helicopter, "Chinook", 100 km north of Kabul. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
6. American soldiers with a machine gun on board a helicopter, "Chinook" in 100 km to the north of the province of Panjshir. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
7. French helicopter over Afghan village in the province of Kapisa. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
8. The French troops in helicopters over the province of Kapisa. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
9. The Afghan economy in Kapisa province. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
10. A small hamlet in the mountains of Afghanistan. Commander of US forces and NATO in Afghanistan, Gen. David McKiernan said that the strengthening of Afghan security will take 3-4 years to be able to begin withdrawing 70,000 international troops. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
11. A US soldier with a machine gun on board a helicopter, "Chinook" of Kabul. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
12. The suburbs of Kabul. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
13. The soldiers on board a jumbo jet over the mountains of Afghanistan. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
14. A soldier with a machine gun in the tail of the helicopter on the way to the base of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province. (Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
15. Aerial view of the mountain in northern Afghanistan, near the border with Tajikistan. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP / Getty Images)
16. The village in the valley in the northern part of Afghanistan. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP / Getty Images)
17. US Marines helicopter CH 53 on the margin in the district of Helmand province. May 2, the US announced the killing of Osama bin Laden during an operation in Pakistan, nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP / Getty Images)
18. Aerial view of the Darul Aman Palace, the former residence of the Afghan King Amanullah (1920-1929). April 11, 2005, Afghanistan announced his plans to transform the ruins of the former royal palace in the headquarters of the first post-Taliban country's parliament, however, ask for help from private sponsors for restoration. The Afghan government supported by the German architect drawings to restore the palace built by the Afghan King Amanullah Khan in 1924. However, sponsors will have to pay for it 60-70 million. (EMMANUEL DUPARCQ / AFP / Getty Images)
19. The French soldiers during an air patrol over Kabul before the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "The international community simply can not lose the" war against terrorism "in Afghanistan" - said Nicolas Sarkozy during his short visit to the troubled country. (ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP / Getty Images)
20. Aerial view of the mountains of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
21. Aerial view of the territory of the Iran-Afghan border near the southeastern Iranian city of Zabol. Iran conducted for journalists a rare tour of the eastern borders in order to attract public attention to the need for funds the war on drugs. (BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP / Getty Images)
22. Aerial view of the Kandahar province from a helicopter, carrying the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. (Photo by Jason Reed-Pool / Getty Images)
23. Helicopter CH-53 avoided the gunfire from the ground during a patrol in the province of Helmand. (DAVID FURST / AFP / Getty Images)
24. A broad band of villages with agricultural lands and clay houses from the Helmand River irrigation canal and surrounded by fertile fields. (ROMEO GACAD / AFP / Getty Images)
25. Aerial view of Jalalabad. US President Barack Obama vowed to December 10, 2009, that Afghanistan does not become "a permanent protectorate" of the US, continuing to insist on the withdrawal of troops in July 2011. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP / Getty Images)
26 US soldiers in a helicopter "Black Hawk Down" over the district Shahvali Côte after takeoff from Kandahar Airfield. (TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP / Getty Images)
27. Aerial view of farmland near the Afghan mountains with a French helicopter. December 16, 2009 for the first time France has agreed to send troops to Afghanistan to help the President of the United States in the fight against terrorism. (JOEL SAGET / AFP / Getty Images)
28. Aerial view of the snow-covered village of Salang, which as a result of an avalanche killed about 165 people, 10 February 2010 in the province of Parwan. Rescuers have found the bodies of 165 people after one of the worst disasters of the country. (SHAH MARAI / AFP / Getty Images)
29. Helicopter "Black Hawk Down" of the province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo / Kevin Frayer)
