Foto des Tages: Die Erben Alexanders des Großen

Den afghanischen Soldaten im Vordergrund, berichtet der Fotograf, hänseln seine Kameraden: Er sei mazedonischer Abstammung – ein später Nachfolger der Truppen Alexanders des Großen…

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers get ready to move out as they patrol a village in the Nurgaram district of Nuristan province, Afghanistan, August 7, 2009. Nuristan is a remote province in Eastern Afghanistan where the insurgency has found a footing as Afghan government and ISAF coalition forces are spread thin and do not have the resources to secure population centers. (Foto: © Simon Klingert)