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In Afghanistan, the battle for a road Highway 1, a narrow, two-lane ribbon of blacktop, doesn’t look that important. But in a weak, chaotic country, the road linking the capital to Kandahar, the country’s second most important city, is seen as essential to holding Afghanistan together.
April 7, 2012
Highway 1 lies in the middle of a valley in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 8, 2012
U.S. Army soldiers watch Highway 1 from a hilltop position in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 10, 2012
An Afghan National Army soldier secures the area during a patrol mission in the area alongside the Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Afghanistan.
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April 10, 2012
U.S. Army soldiers with the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team patrol near Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 10, 2012
An Afghan National Army soldier drinks water during a patrol in the area alongside Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 8, 2012
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Horney visits a hilltop position near Highway 1 in Wardak province, Afghanistan. Horney has about half of his 800-soldier battalion protecting Highway 1.
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April 10, 2012
U.S. Army soldiers with the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team patrol near Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 8, 2012
Afghan Army Lt. Col. Mohammed Allam, second from left, and his soldiers discuss a makeshift bomb that they found near an Afghan Army checkpoint on Highway 1 at Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province, Afghanistan. The disabled bomb sits on the ground next to a mobile phone that was supposed to trigger the charge remotely.
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April 10, 2012
U.S. Army soldiers with the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team patrol on Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 8, 2012
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Horney, left, visits a hilltop position near Highway 1 in Wardak province, Afghanistan. “We are being forced to prioritize by the reduction in troop levels,” Horney said. “My problem is that I am finding more places I want to go and not less.”
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April 8, 2012
A U.S. Army soldier runs inside a hilltop post overlooking the Highway 1 in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 10, 2012
U.S. Army soldiers with the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team patrol on Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 8, 2012
A U.S. Army soldier uses the scope of his rifle to watch Highway 1 from a hilltop position in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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April 10, 2012
U.S. Army medics treat an Afghan soldier shot in his leg during a short firefight near Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Afghanistan.
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April 10, 2012
An Afghan National Army soldier kicks a farmer detained after insurgents opened fire on a joint patrol of Afghan and U.S. soldiers alongside Highway 1 in Sultan Khel, Afghanistan.
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April 8, 2012
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Horney, right, meets farmers while on patrol in the fields near Highway 1 in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
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March 25, 2012
A mother and child rush inside as Afghan soldiers start to search their home after an attack on two tankers hauling fuel for NATO near their home.
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April 10, 2012
U.S. Army soldiers with the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Afghan National Army soldiers patrol near Highway 1 near Sultan Khel, Afghanistan.
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March 24, 2012
U.S. service members watch a live video feed of an insurgent attack on two trucks hauling fuel for NATO. The attack took place outside the main gate of the U.S. base in Sultan Khel. First Sgt. Buddy Lerch is coordinating the U.S. response on the radio.
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March 24, 2012
First Lt. Brian Page takes cover in a dry riverbed as two trucks hauling fuel for NATO burn on Afghanistan's Highway 1. Insurgents attacked the trucks with rocket-propelled grenades and then escaped through the nearby village of Sultan Khel.
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March 24, 2012
Two trucks hauling fuel for NATO on Afghanistan's Highway 1 burn after insurgents launched a rocket-propelled grenade attack. The trucks burned for 36 hours. The insurgents escaped through the nearby village of Sultan Khel.
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March 24, 2012
Capt. Adrian Koss and his soldiers pursue insurgents who fired rocket-propelled grenades into two trucks hauling fuel for NATO on Afghanistan's main highway.
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March 24, 2012
Two trucks hauling fuel for NATO on Afghanistan's main highway burn after insurgents hit them with rocket-propelled grenades. The attack took place just outside the gate of the main U.S. base in Sultan Khel.
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March 24, 2012
Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division pursue insurgents who fired rocket-propelled grenades into two trucks hauling fuel for NATO on Afghanistan's main highway. The insurgents escaped through the nearby village of Sultan Khel.
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March 24, 2012
Two trucks hauling fuel for NATO on Afghanistan's main highway burn after insurgents attacked them with rocket-propelled grenades. Afghan contractors, hired to repair bomb holes in the highway, watch the trucks burn from the safety of the U.S. base.
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March 24, 2012
Afghan children watch as U.S. and Afghan troops search for insurgents who fired rocket-propelled grenades into two trucks hauling fuel for NATO on Afghanistan's Highway 1. The insurgents escaped through the nearby village of Sultan Khel.
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March 25, 2012
An Afghan soldier talks with children who have come out to watch as soldiers search their village for insurgents and weapons after an attack on two tankers hauling fuel for NATO. The search did not net any insurgents or weapons.
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April 10, 2012
A U.S. Army soldier with the 2nd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team patrols at night along Highway 1 near Sultan Khel, Afghanistan.
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