Louie Palu

Image Not Available for Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan - A man believed to be a Taliban insurgent who was captured and detained by British Gurkha and Afghan soldiers is lead up a road during Operation Terrah Toorah in the Siah Choy area in Zhari District located west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The operation was a Canadian lead effort in coordination with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Royal Gurkha Rifles from the British Army. The Zhari district has become well known for insurgent activity and attacks on coalition forces

Image Not Available for Zhari-Panjwai District, Kandahar, Afghanistan - A soldier from the Afghan National Army (ANA) pets an abandoned horse on the front lines in the Howz-E-Madad area during a break in fighting with Taliban insurgents in a joint operation with Canadian Forces in the Zhari District of Afghanistan which along with nearby Panjwai are the most volatile areas in the country and the scene of heavy fighting with Taliban insurgents, which has become the site of the largest land battles in NATO's history

Image Not Available for Zhari-Panjwai Districts, Kandahar, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier talks aim from the roof of a civilian compound during an operation in Zhari District near Sangasar, Afghanistan

Image Not Available for Zhari-Panjwai Districts, Kandahar, Afghanistan - An Afghan woman is questioned by Canadian soldiers from the Van Doos B Company in her compound during the Canadian lead Operation Tashwish Mekawah in a joint operation with Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in the Sangasar and Howz-E-Madad area in the volatile Zhari District in Afghanistan