Lance Corporal Mills, of D Company,
2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment,
at the start of the Paras' first joint
patrol in Kabul with the local police |
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Private Dawai, of D Company,
2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment,
on patrol in Kabul |
Warrant Officer Graham Smith of 216
Air Assault Squadron, with Tiger, newly
adopted mascot of 16 Air Assault Brigade
Headquarters, which acts as ISAF's
operational command centre
(High
resolution version) |
Planning for the deployment - Major
Fraser, commanding 216 Signal
Squadron, and Yeoman of Signals
Wilson work on the plans for the
Force headquarters in Kabul |
The Chief of Police at Kabul's No4
Police Station meets with Brigadier-General
von Butler, commander of the German
ISAF contingent, at the start of the first
Afghan-German joint patrol
(High
resolution version)
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Soldiers from the UK, French, German,
Danish, Dutch and Austrian contingents
form an honour guard for a visit by
Fahim Khan, the Afghan Defence Minister
(High
resolution version) |
An Afghan and a British Para provide
security during Fahim Khan's visit
(High
resolution version) |
A paratrooper guards an ISAF facility
in Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
A soldier from 2 Para, on guard with
a light machine-gun
(High
resolution version) |
State of the art equipment: an RAF
Regiment gunner, armed with the new
SA-80A2 and equipped with the
Personal Role Radio
(High
resolution version) |
A Danish patrol drives through
the streets of Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
An RAF Regiment patrol and their
interpreter talk to local people
(High
resolution version) |
ISAF's HQ complex, seen in the
early morning light
(High
resolution version)
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A soldier from 7 Regiment Royal Horse
Artillery explains ISAF's mission to interested
local people with the help of an interpreter
and a loudspeaker system
(High
resolution version) |
The Canadian Deputy Prime
Minister arrives at Kabul Airport
(High
resolution version) |
An Italian sentry on duty on the roof
of an ISAF HQ building
(High
resolution version) |
Kofi Annan, the United Nations
Secretary General, talking to Afghan
officials at Kabul Airport
(High
resolution version) |
An RAF Regiment gunner stops to
pay his respects at the graves of
British Servicemen from the
nineteenth century, buried at Kabul's
European cemetery
(High
resolution version) |
Lieutenant Oz Muhammed,
2 Para, on patrol in Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
A French Panhard VBL armoured car
on patrol in Kabul. The French contingent
includes a light armoured
reconnaissance unit
(High
resolution version) |
An Afghan boy examines the telescopic
sight on a Paratrooper's sniper rifle
(High
resolution version) |
An important duty for patrols is the
distribution of leaflets explaining
ISAF's role in supporting the reconstruction
work of the Afghan Interim Authority
(High
resolution version) |
Lieutenant Colonel Gheorghita Teodorescu
formally places the Romanian contingent
under the command of Major General McColl |
Major Fraser, 216 Signal Squadron,
explains the operation of a rebroadcast
system installed on a Kabul hilltop
(High
resolution version) |
Lance Corporal Wellburn repairs a
generator in freezing conditions at
the rebroadcast site
(High
resolution version) |
The view over Kabul in a snowstorm!
(High
resolution version) |
The French armoured reconnaissance
unit returns from another patrol
(High
resolution version) |
The UK Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon
with Brigadier White-Spunner during a
visit to Kabul on 5 February
(High
resolution version) |
Geoff Hoon talking to soldiers from
the British 216 Signals Squadron
(High
resolution version) |
An ISAF vehicle negotiates the
narrow streets of Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
Sergeant Amir Khan, Royal Air Force,
a Pashtun speaker, greets an Afghan
elder in his native tongue
(High
resolution version) |
A Gurkha paratrooper of 2 PARA
(High
resolution version) |
Conflict for over two decades has
left parts of Kabul in ruin
(High
resolution version) |
Herr Scharping, German Defence Minister,
seen with Maj Gen McColl and members of
the German contingent
(High
resolution version) |
Construction materials for the task
of rebuilding are stockpiled by the road
(High
resolution version) |
Major General McColl, ISAF Commander,
chats to English-language students in Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
Major General McColl meets with an
Afghan shopkeeper
(High
resolution version) |
Maj Gen McColl inspects an old British
rifle, a prized trophy from the Second
Afghan War (1878-80)
(High
resolution version) |
An RAF medic with a young Afghan
girl at Kabul hospital. ISAF medics
are helping provide an Accident & Emergency
service in Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
A British medical officer demonstrates
emergency paramedic equipment to
the female Afghan Minister for Health
(High
resolution version) |
Two Royal Marines of 40 Commando
patrol at Bagram airfield
(High
resolution version) |
Two ISAF vehicles approach a
mined bridge, on the road between
Kabul and Bagram
(High
resolution version) |
Until the mines can be cleared and
the bridge made usable,
a neighbouring
ford is the only safe option
(High
resolution version)
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A wreath is laid during the rededication
of the European cemetary in Kabul
(Full
story)
(High
resolution version) |
Brigadier-General von Butler takes over
command of the ISAF brigade from
Brigadier White-Spunner on 19 March
(High
resolution version) |
A Romanian military policeman from
265 MP Battalion and a female
Lance-Corporal
from the UK's 156
Provost Company on joint patrol in Kabul
(High
resolution version)
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Another joint UK-Romanian
Military Police patrol
(High
resolution version) |
British signallers install a new radio
system at an Afghan police station,
whilst colleagues stand guard
(High
resolution version) |
Major-General McColl hands over the
keys to two new pick-up trucks for the
Afghan Ministry of Water
in Kabul
(High
resolution version)
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The vehicles have been funded by the UK
Department for International Development
to help develop the Ministry's infrastructure
(High
resolution version) |
Soldiers from the Royal Anglians at
an Observation Post above Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
President Musharraf is greeted by Dr
Hamid Karzai at Kabul International
Airport during his visit to Afghanistan
on 2 April 2002
(High
resolution version)
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A Royal Anglian GPMG team
in an Observation Post
(High
resolution version) |
Major Alan Wylie, 1st Battalion
Royal Anglian Regiment, talks to
local children in District 7 of Kabul
(High
resolution version) |
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Corporal McHenry, on patrol, is asked
to check a schoolboy's English homework
(High
resolution version) |
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko
Kawaguchi with Major General McColl
during a visit to ISAF Headquarters
on 2 May. Whilst in Kabul, she announced
$18 million aid for mine clearance in
Afghanistan
(High
resolution version) |
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Dr Hamid Karzai, seen with Major-General
McColl, Brigadier-General von Butler,
and senior Afghan officials during a
recent visit to ISAF headquarters to
be briefed on the progress being made
by ISAF and their Afghan colleagues
(High
resolution version) |
