Some amazing pictures, all taken two days ago.

US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai district deploy Anti Personell Obstacle Breaching System — abbreviated as A-POBS,  (which are charges fired by rocket and trigger safe detonation of IED’s used to make roadside bombs) —  during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

Dust kicks off the ground during an operation by US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai ditrict after Anti Personnel Obstacle Breaching System — abbreviated as A-POBS (charges fired by rocket and trigger safe detonation of IED’s used to make roadside bombs) — detonate on a nearby road during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry walk in line behind a designated mine-detecting device operator at Naja-bien village, notorious for IED caused injuries and deaths, in Panjwai district during a morning operation to find and destroy bomb traps made from IED’s on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

US Army sharp-shooters holding position atop a house scope for insurgent ambushes as fellow infantrymen attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai district go about looking for bomb traps made from IED’s during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

An elderly Afghani man is questioned by US Army soldiers through an interpreter attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry at Naja-bien village, Panjwai district during a morning operation to find and destroy bomb traps made from IED’s on September 23, 2012.  (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

A US Army marksman scopes for insurgent ambushes as fellow infantrymen attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai district go about looking for bomb traps made from IED’s during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai district hurls a grenade at a perimeter wall rigged with an IED trap to trigger a safe detonation of the bomb trap during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

An elderly Afghani man spreads his arms out as prompted by US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry trying to verify whether he is a threat before he can be allowed to approach at Naja-bien village, Panjwai district during a morning operation to find and destroy bomb traps made from IED’s on September 23, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA)

Dust kicks off the ground during an operation by US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai ditrict after Anti Personnel Obstacle Breaching System — abbreviated as A-POBS (charges fired by rocket and trigger safe detonation of IED’s used to make roadside bombs) — detonate on a nearby road during a dawn operation at Naja-bien village on September 23, 2012. (TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages)