Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War

INTO AFGHANISTAN

Sweeping the Mountains

WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press
WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press
WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press WAITING FOR A RIDE - Photo: Stephen Thorne/Canadian Press

WAITING FOR A RIDE © Courtesy of Stephen Thorne and The Canadian Press
Five days of climbing through the mountains searching for enemy positions left soldiers exhausted.
"… everybody was pretty much dead tired."
Company Sergeant Major Tim Power, 27 July 2006