The longest war: Scenes from two decades in Afghanistan

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The longest war: Scenes from two decades in Afghanistan

More than 3,000 American and other NATO lives lost, tens of thousands of Afghans dead

Published: August 16, 2021 12:03 Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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20210816 afghanistan 11 — U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division soldier Jorge Avino from Miami, Florida carves the body count that their mortar team has chalked up on a rock, near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel, in Afghanistan, March 9, 2002. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 2 — U.S. 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, June 12, 2011. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afganistan 3 — An Afghan man is detained by U.S. Marines from the First Battalion, Eighth Marines Bravo Company at their base in Talibjan after a battle against Taliban insurgents in Musa Qala district in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province November 7, 2010. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 4 — U.S. Army soldiers carry Sgt. Matt Krumwiede, who was wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED), towards a Blackhawk Medevac helicopter in southern Afghanistan June 12, 2012. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 5 — An Italian soldier from NATO cries as he carries a casket which contains the body of one of six Italian soldiers killed in Kabul, during a repatriation ceremony at the Kabul international airport, September 19, 2009. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 6 — U.S. troops from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) light candles during Christmas Eve celebrations at Bagram Airfield, north of Kabul, December 24, 2014. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 7 — A group of men detained for suspected Taliban activities are held for questioning at a schoolhouse in the village of Kuhak in Arghandab District, north of Kandahar, July 9, 2010. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 9 — Soldiers from the U.S. Army's Alpha Battery, 425 Field Artillery, 3rd brigade of 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, New York, fire their 155 mm Howitzer in Cop Cherokee base in Kherwar district in Logar province, October 4, 2009. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 15 — Sgt. William Olas Bee, a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmsir in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, May 18, 2008. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 taliban — Taliban fighters train with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, July 14, 2009. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 10 — A French sniper looks through his rifle's scope while keeping watch over Qarabagh district, north of Kabul, November 20, 2007. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 16 — A wounded Canadian soldier from the NATO-led coalition crawls for cover seconds after his position was hit by a Taliban shell fired from an 82-millimeter recoilless rifle during an ambush in Zhari district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, October 23, 2007. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghnistan 17 — U.S. Marines fire during a Taliban ambush as they carry out an operation to clear an area in Helmand province, October 9, 2009. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 alliance fighers — Northern Alliance fighters ride on a T-62 tank past a dead body on the motorway north of Kabul, as Northern Alliance fighters approached the Afghan capital, November 13, 2001. Image Credit: Reuters

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20210816 afghanistan 1 — A French soldier of the 8th Artillery Regiment takes part in a joint patrol with U.S and Afghan troops in a village in Kharuti, in the mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan, July 16, 2009. Image Credit: Reuters

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