Kategorie: Foto des Tages

Foto des Tages: Missing in Action

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(ups, da scheint gerade bei flickr, wo das Foto gehostet wird, was schief zu laufen…. das Bild wird offensichtlich unregelmäßig angezeigt. Sorry!) A U.S. Army soldier (l.) of 1st Platoon, Apache Company of 1st Battalion 501st Infantry regiment as part of 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and an Afghan interpreter (m) question Afghan civilians in support of a wider search effort to locate their missing fellow soldier Bowe Bergdahl in the Wazi Khwa district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, July 3,

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Foto des Tages: Auf Patrouille

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Private First Class Olando Thomas, 21, of Miami, Florida of 2nd Platoon, Hawk Company of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment pulls security during a patrol in the village of Tsapowzai in Maywand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 14, 2011. While security in Maywand district is better in comparison to last year, the suicide bomber and IED threat level remains high as insurgents continue to operate in the area. (Foto © Simon Klingert)

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Foto des Tages: Feuerkampf

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(Klick macht groß) An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier fires mortars at Taliban positions as tracer rounds mark the streams of machine gun fire directed at insurgents during an attack on Combat Outpost Badel in the Narang district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, August 16, 2009. Insurgents attacked with small arms and machine gun fire, however, the attack could be repelled without Afghan or coalition forces casualties. (Foto: © Simon Klingert)

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Foto des Tages: Im Visier

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(als Folge-Foto zu dem gestrigen Bild und zur Diskussion über die Designated Marksman Rifle…) Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Baker Company, 3rd Battalion 509 Infantry Regiment as part of 4th Brigade 25th Infantry Division prepare to fire a M110 sniper rifle for target practice at Forward Operating Base Munoz in the Gayan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 16, 2009. (Foto: © Simon Klingert)

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Foto des Tages: Gute Nacht.

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A U.S. Army soldier of 2nd Platoon, Baker Company, 3rd Battalion 509 Infantry Regiment as part of 4-25 Infantry Division provides security overwatch with his M14 M110 designated marksman rifle during a night mission to apprehend insurgent suspects in the Gayan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 11, 2009. (Foto: © Simon Klingert)

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Foto des Tages: Rot blüht der Mohn

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Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, Comanche Company, 1st Squadron of 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment clear a path near a poppy field of IEDs during a clearing operation near the village of Nakhonay in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 9, 2011. The battalion- sized clearing operation consisted of Afghan, U.S. and Canadian ISAF military forces and was aimed at disrupting the insurgents‘ ability to mount an effective spring offensive in the insurgent hotbed of Panjwayi district in Kandahar

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Foto des Tages: Sprachlose Sicherheit

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Afghanische Polizisten aus Kundus, wo Dari gesprochen wird. In Kandahar, wo Pashtu gesprochen wird. Policemen with the Afghan National Police from the northern province of Kunduz pose for the camera at the Dand district Center, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday April 5, 2011. While the local police force starts to get recruits fom the area, these policemen only speak Dari and cannot communicate with the local population who overwhelmingly speaks Pashto, the other of Afghanistan’s official languages. (Foto © Simon Klingert)

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Foto des Tages: Auf Drogensuche

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A U.S. Marine of 3rd Battalion of 2nd Marine Regiment gives orders to some of his subordinates during operation Rocky Point in the town of Khatki in Musa Qala district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The purpose of Operation Rocky Point was to disrupt the trade of opium at one of the bazaars in the Musa Qala area that is known as a major narcotics hub, while no drug trafficers were detained during the operation, an estimated

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