Photo Essays

A Civilian Casualty in Afghanistan
Photographer Adam Ferguson witnesses a mortar strike that kills a young girl in Marjah Photographs by Adam Ferguson / VII Network for TIME

The Battle in Afghanistan's Kunar Province
Things are less than quiet on the eastern front, where coalition forces play a deadly game of cat and mouse with jihadists, smugglers and gangsters Photographs...

A Blackhawk's View of Afghanistan
Helmand province as seen from the window of a U.S. Army Blackhawk medevac helicopter Photographs by Kevin Frayer / AP

The Portraits of Gitmo Detainees
Photographer Paula Bronstein photographs released Guantanamo Bay prisoners as they return to Afghanistan

Wings of Mercy: Medevac in Afghanistan
TIME photographer James Nachtwey photographs the men of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 214th Regiment Photographs by James Nachtwey for TIME

Prince Harry Deploys to Afghanistan
The British Defense Ministry acknowledges that the Prince has been serving in Helmand Province

Marines' Tattoos in Marjah, Afghanistan
Photographer Mauricio Lima asks the members of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, to show their skin art

The Perils of Childbirth in Afghanistan
Photographer Alixandra Fazzina visits remote Badakhshan, home to the highest maternal mortality rate in the world

Between Duty and Downtime in Afghanistan
Photographer Marco Di Lauro documents the daily life of British soldiers deployed in the battle against the Taliban

The Battle for Konduz
Images from the Northern Alliance's final assault on the Taliban in northern Afghanistan

U.S. Strikes
The barrage of cruise missiles continued over Afghanistan as U.S. fighter planes targeted Taliban military installations and Al Qaedasanctuaries

2001 The Year in Pictures
From the attack on the WTC to the war in Afghanistan to an Indian earthquake, the images of 2001 were too much steeped in blood

Wire Photographer of the Year: Mauricio Lima
Of the millions of photographs moving through the news services (a.k.a. wires) this year, the work of AFP's Mauricio Lima stood out. A small selection from the...

U.S. Marines Open a New Offensive in Afghanistan
Operation Khanjar is tasked with wresting control of the Helmand River Valley from the Taliban

The Life and Times of John Walker Lindh
Tracing the steps of the American Taliban from the suburbs of California to a fortress in Afghanistan

Photos: Taliban Attacks U.S. Embassy
Taliban insurgents fire on the U.S. embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings in Afghanistan's capital

INSIDE CENTCOM
TIME spends a weeks at the U.S. Central Command as General Tommy Franks manages the war in Afghanistan

The Challenge of Helmand
A British unit plays cat and mouse with the Taliban in a strategically vital province of Afghanistan Photographs for TIME by Zalmai

Photos: Taking the Fight to the Taliban
Photographer Alvaro Ybarra Zavala documents life at a remote mountain outpost where Afghan soldiers police a dangerous border


