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As of Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at least 738 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. By the end of the year, an estimated 68,000 troops will be in Afghanistan, 21,000 of which were ordered there by Obama last spring. Military commanders and State Department officials on the ground have said many more are needed to get the job done. Associated Press photographer Brennan Linsley provides a look at life in the Helmand province.
Two men jog just after sunrise at Camp Bastion/ Leatherneck, the main base for American and British forces in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17. (AP / Brennan Linsley)
U.S. Marines wait to board helicopters at a forward operating base in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17. (AP / Brennan Linsley)
As of Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at least 738 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. By the end of the year, an estimated 68,000 troops will be in Afghanistan, 21,000 of which were ordered there by Obama last spring. Military commanders and State Department officials on the ground have said many more are needed to get the job done. Associated Press photographer Brennan Linsley provides a look at life in the Helmand province.
Two men jog just after sunrise at Camp Bastion/ Leatherneck, the main base for American and British forces in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17. (AP / Brennan Linsley)
U.S. Marines wait to board helicopters at a forward operating base in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17. (AP / Brennan Linsley)
