Afghanistan, May 2011
The month of May in Afghanistan opened with news of US Navy SEALs killing
Osama bin Laden. Suicide bombings claimed lives throughout the country, one
injuring the top German commander. Another outside the Italian military base
in Herat west of Kabul killed at least five. As the month closed, President
Hamid Karzai issued vague warnings against Western airstrikes that cause
civilian casualties. Gathered here in our monthly collection from Afghanistan
are images of the US military mission and daily life in the country of just
under 30 million people. --Lloyd Young (45 photos total)
n Afghan youth looks on as a US Marine from 3rd Battalion 9th Marines Kodiak
Company stands guard during a patrol in Kote Tazagul area in Marjah district
in Helmand Province on May 24, 2011. US lawmakers saw momentum for political
reconciliation in Afghanistan in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death, but
voiced fear that the fight against extremism was floundering in Pakistan.
(Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images)
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