(3)Random scenes from Panjwai
An Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) officer serves tea at a checkpoint in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.
A little girl stands in a doorway at a compound housing an Afghan Local Police checkpoint. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.
Afghan civilians pull over to the side of the road as a convoy of American vehicles passes by. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.
An Apache attack helicopter circles over a patrol conducted by soldiers with 4-9 Infantry. Air support, usually consisting of two Kiowa helicopters and one Apache, was almost always overhead in the Zangabad area of Panjwai, weather permitting. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.
A US soldier with 4-9 Infantry flexes outside an Afghan Uniform Police checkpoint in the Zangabad area of Panjwai district. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal.
READER COMMENTS: "Random scenes from Panjwai"
Posted by LisaN at May 8, 2013 8:33 PM ET:
Lovely photos, BillA and excellent reporting. Safe journey home.
Posted by LPD-RI at May 8, 2013 9:26 PM ET:
Great stuff Bill...be safe.
Posted by Bill Ardolino at May 9, 2013 12:09 PM ET:
Thank you both. (And I am safely back in the States.)