Eyewitness: Afghan national army

Six of almost 40 soldiers from the Afghan national army who patrol from a US outpost in the Arghandab valley, near Kandahar. The army is largely made up of northerners, who fought the Pashtun-dominated Taliban from the south of the country
Illustration: Six of almost 40 soldiers from the Afghan national army who patrol from a US outpost in the Arghandab valley, near Kandahar. The army is largely made up of northerners, who fought the Pashtun-dominated Taliban from the south of the country. This is Mirza Mirzali, one of just two Pashtuns in the group, originally from Jalalabad in the east