The spar in Salaam Bazaar
Marines with the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marine Regiment spar in front of an audience of Afghan soldiers and other Marines in the Salaam Bazaar last July. The now-demolished Taliban weapons and opium bazaar in Now Zad district, Helmand province, was named after Hajji Salaam, a local drug lord and a prominent Taliban financier. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.