Photo Credit:
Tomas van Houtryve
 
Photo Caption:
A chicken, a calf, and a donkey stand as a U.S. soldier of the 82nd Airborne advances up a ramp during a house search in the village of Malakay, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2002. Hundreds of Airborne troops flew to the village of Malakay, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Pakistan border, where they searched homes and confiscated weapons. Troops found 55 rocket propelled grenades hidden in one home. (AP Photo/ Tomas van Houtryve)
 
Photographer's Note: 
"At first glance, this American soldier seems strangely out-of-place in a rural Afghan courtyard with farm animals. Yet tragically, Afghanistan has not seen peace for over 40 years, and heavily armed men--both foreign and domestic--have been fighting in homes, villages and cities for generations."