Images from the Afghan war: Week of March 26, 2011

Continued photo coverage from the front lines of the U.S., Afghan, and NATO military effort in Afghanistan.

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March 22, 2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai pins a medal to a military officer during a graduation ceremony for Afghan military officers at the National Military Academy of Afghanistan in Kabul. Karzai said Tuesday that his security forces will soon take charge of securing seven areas around Afghanistan, the first step toward his goal of having Afghan police and soldiers protecting the entire nation by the end of 2014.

Musadeq Sadeq / Associated Press

March 22, 2011

Afghan National Army commandos pose for pictures during a training session at Camp Morehead in the outskirts of Kabul.

Dar Yasin / Associated Press

March 21, 2011

An Afghan police officer keeps watch during a gathering to celebrate the Afghan New Year in Kabul.

Ahmad Masood / Reuters

Mach 22, 2011

An Afghan boy plays on a swing during a gathering to celebrate the Afghan New Year (Nawroz) in Kabul.

Ahmad Masood / Reuters

March 22, 2011

Afghan horse riders play buzkashi, an Afghan sport in which players fight to place a goat carcass into a circular goal, in Kabul. The competition was organized to mark the Afghan New Year.

Hossein Fatemi / Associated Press

March 21, 2011

Afghan children play as they eat ice pops in Kabul.

Dar Yasin / Associated Press

March 21, 2011

Afghan boys hold their toy guns in the air as they pose for pictures on the occasion of Nawroz in Kabul. In a speech marking the Afghan New Year, Vice President Karim Khalili on Monday called on militants to lay down their weapons, saying the nation would never return to the days of hardline Taliban rule.

Dar Yasin / Associated Press

March 22, 2011

Two camels challenge each other during a camel-fighting event in Mazar-e Sharif, in Balkh province, north of Kabul.

Mustafa Najafizada / Associated Press

March 22, 2011

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets U.S. Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of armed forces in Afghanistan, during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London.

Stefan Rousseau / Associated Press

March 25, 2011

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere, center, speaks with Markus Kneip, northern regional commander for the German army, as he visits a memorial for slain soldiers at the German army's base in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan.

Micahel Kappeler / Reuters

March 24, 2011

An Army team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Pfc. Michael C. Mahr of Homosassa, Fla., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Mahr was killed in Afghanistan.

Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press

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