On patrol in Afghanistan

July 6 2008: Captain Larry Workman, Commanding Officer of Alpha Company, 101st Airborne Division, US army, scans the horizon after he received intelligence of an imminent attack by the Taliban Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 2 2008: Colonel Pete Johnson, Commander of the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, US army, discusses operational plans with his men at a fortified position at Debare Bridge Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 6 2008: US soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, approach a village through fields at the start of a search mission Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 6 2008: Afghan soldiers stand guard around a suspected Taliban caught with bomb making material in their possession in Logar province during a joint US and Afghanistan military operation to clear the Taliban from the region. Later that day two Afghan soldiers were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device blew up their military vehicle less that a few hundred metres from where the suspect was detained Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 6 2008: US soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, US army, conduct a search of a house Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 5 2008: An elderly man and young boy watch as US soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne division, search their home Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 3 2008: Afghan farmers bring in the harvest near a US army fortified position at Debare Bridge Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 9 2008: An Afghan blacksmith continues working at his anvil as US soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, US army, search a bazaar Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 7 2008: US soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, US army, search a bazaar Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 3 2008: A pair of bullocks fight as their herdsman stands by, near a US army fortified position at Debare Bridge Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 2 2008: Afghan soldiers tie up and blindfold suspected Taliban found near Debare Bridge in Logar province after an Improvised Explosive Device killed five Afghan soldiers Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh

July 4 2008: Captain Larry Workman, Commanding Office of Alpha Company, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, US army attaches his Celtic cross to his gun as he travels in his Humvee Photograph: John D McHugh/John D McHugh