Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, less than a month after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Here are 10 pictures showing the 10 years of conflict.
U.S. soldiers from Task Force "No Fear", Alpha Company, 2-27 Infantry "The Wolfhounds", fire a 120mm mortar at a Taliban position from Combat Outpost (COP) Pirtle King in Ghaziabad district, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan September 26, 2011.REUTERS/Erik De CastroAfghan Army troops conduct a joint patrol with soldiers from the Canadian Army's 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, through the village of Bazaar e Panjwaii, in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province August 10, 2010.REUTERS/Bob StrongU.S. Army Lieutenant Matthew Asmus of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel plays golf at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009.REUTERS/Bruno DomingosGerman Bundeswehr army soldiers of the ISAF Quick Reaction Force (QRF) open fire during a night drill in the Marmal mountains near Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, September 16, 2008. Picture is taken through a night vision device.REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschAn Afghan girl looks at U.S., Dutch and Afghan soldiers during a patrol in a village in Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province November 5, 2007. REUTERS/Goran TomasevicAfghan farmers work in a poppy field, in a village outside Balkh province, about 500 km (310 miles) north of Kabul May 6, 2006. The illegal narcotics trade dominates Afghanistan's economy, accounting for 60 percent of its gross domestic product and 87 percent of the world's supply. Heroin and morphine are derived from opium, which comes from poppies. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodHelicopters belonging to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) based in Afghanistan arrive in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, after Saturday's earthquake, October 13, 2005. A steady flow of relief supplies rumbled into Pakistan's earthquake zone on Thursday but the scene remained chaotic as survivors and rescuers sought in vain for ways to distribute the material. President Pervez Musharraf called on the country on Wednesday night to unite in the face of tragedy and appealed to the estimated 3.3 million people affected by the quake to be patient, saying relief efforts were gathering pace. But for most survivors in the northern mountains of the country, it was their sixth day without electricity. They have also yet to receive reliable supplies of food, water and shelter.REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodA sign marks the entrance of the Kabul Golf Club November 26, 2004. At a resort that became a battlefield, Afghans teed off on Friday in their country's first open golf tournament in more than 30 years. As is still the way in Afghanistan, the first shot of the day at the Kabul Golf Club went to the local militia commander, applauded by his men with shouldered Kalashnikovs. But organisers say they hope their tournament, contested by 40 local caddies in a picturesque valley just outside the capital, will help bring a new era in which the only risks are from golf balls, not bullets, flying down the fairways.ReutersFUNERAL GUARD SOLDIERS CARRY WREATHS, FOLLOWED BY THE COFFIN OF LATE ROMANIAN SOLDIER FOGARASI IOSIF-SILVIU WHO WAS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.ReutersAn Afghan firefighter directs the water spray towards a burning oil and
tyre makeshift shop December 7, 2002 on the outskirts of Kabul.
Makeshift shops throughout Afghanistan are often set-up inside shipping
containers to make it easier to secure the goods inside.REUTERSAn Afghan Northern Alliance fighter adjusts his bullet belt near Maidan
Shahr village 30 km. west of Kabul November 18, 2001. Afghanistan's
resurgent Northern Alliance says its ready to meet rival tribes this
week in Europe to discuss shape of future government.REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov
