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A Fight in Afghanistan

Royal Marine's of 45 Commando disembark from a Chinook aircraft on Thursday, 27 June 2002, near Khost in southeastern Afghanistan. The Royal Marines - as part of Operation Buzzard - use the helicopters to set up roving vehicle check points to search cars for weapons and suspected terrorists.

A U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopter flies low to the ground as it was observed flying in the direction where Canadian troops were deployed from the Kandahar Airbase outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan on Sunday, 30 June 2002. Canadian soldiers began the first large-scale search in the hot, dusty southern Afghan province of Zabul on Monday, exploring goat trails, caves and narrow canyons for signs of al-Qaeda. The mission, Operation Cherokee, is to sweep Zabul which is reputed to be a transit point for former Taliban and al-Qaeda members fleeing Afghanistan across the border to Pakistan. The soldiers, transported in more than 50 military vehicles and U.S. Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters, found no al-Qaeda fighters or weapons in the province about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of the city of Kandahar, where about 5,000 coalition troops are based.

U.S. Army soldiers on patrol Bagram Airbase, north of Kabul, on Tuesday, 2 July 2002.

Sgt. Craig Reid of the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group applies camouflage paint prior to embarking on a US Army Chinook helicopter for Operation Cherokee Sky in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Wednesday, 3 July 2002. The purpose of Operation Cherokee Sky was to establish a coalition presence, gather information and foster good relations with communities.

Local Afghan gunmen holding rocket propelled grenades (RPG) guard an American Chinook helicopter during a visit by U.S. Army General Dan McNeill, commander of the Coalition Joint Task Force, to Deh Rawud, southern Afghanistan, on Sunday, 7 July 2002. General McNeill used the visit to speak with local leaders about the possibility of stationing more U.S. troops in the region in a move to encourage local development and improve community relations following a recent American airstrike that killed scores of civilians.

British Royal Marines of 45 Commando scramble out the back of a Chinook helicopter during a eagle vehicle check point (VCP) operation Monday, 8 July 2002, in southeastern Afghanistan as part of the ongoing British Operation Buzzard. During VCP's, small groups of Marines are dropped quickly by helicopters, to search random vehicles on dirt roads and trails near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in order to deny al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters freedom of movement across the region.

British Royal Marines of 45 Commando board Chinook helicopters in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, for the return journey to Bagram Airbase to signal the end of Operation Buzzard, the last planned operation by British forces in Afghanistan.

British Royal Marines of 45 Commando disembark from Chinook helicopters of 27 Squadron Royal Air Force at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, which marks the completion of Operation Buzzard, the last planned British operation in Afghanistan.

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