America’s longest war: Pictures from 20 years in Afghanistan

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<p>US Army soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, B battery 2-8 field artillery, fire a howitzer artillery piece at Seprwan Ghar forward fire base in Panjwai district, Kandahar province southern Afghanistan on June 12, 2011 – Photogallery

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<p>Captain Melvin Cabebe with the US Army’s 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division stands near a burning M-ATV armored vehicle after it struck an improvised explosive device (IED) near Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar on July 23, 2010 – Photogallery

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<p>An Italian soldier (C) from the NATO cries as he carries a casket which contains the body of one of the six Italian soldiers killed in Kabul, during a repatriation ceremony at the Kabul international airport on September 19, 2009 – Photogallery

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<p>A Canadian soldier takes a nap after taking part in a search operation for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Kandahar on May 21, 2009 – Photogallery

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<p>Spanish soldiers carry the casket of a soldier who died in a helicopter crash, at Herat airport in western Afghanistan – Photogallery

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<p>US Army soldiers carry Sgt – Photogallery

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<p>Smoke and flames rise from fuel trucks after an overnight attack by the Taliban on the outskirts of Kabul on July 5, 2014 – Photogallery

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<p>A US Army soldier with Charlie Company, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division blows a bubble with his chewing gum during a mission near Command Outpost Pa’in Kalay in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province on February 3, 2013 – Photogallery

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<p>Taliban fighters train with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan on July 14, 2009 – Photogallery

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<p>A soldier of the German armed forces Bundeswehr observes the area as villagers look at other Bundeswehr soldiers who are performing a recovery operation on a “Fuchs” armoured personnel carrier, during a mission in Kunduz district on April 28, 2009 – Photogallery