Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Some older photos of the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan


File photo of soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr securing the area as a German liason monitoring team (LMT) walks into a village in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009. A German soldier was killed and four more injured in an ambush in Afghanistan, the German army said in a statement April 29, 2009. A patrol of German soldiers was shot at with small arms weapons and rocket propelled grenades in the early evening near Kunduz, said the statement. The attack came as German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was visiting Afghanistan. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army snipers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) take up position on a shooting range in Kunduz, in this October 7, 2008 file picture. The German lower house of parliament Bundestag will vote October 16, 2008, on government plans to extend its Afghanistan mission and boost the number of soldiers it can send there. (Reuters/Daylife)
German Bundeswehr army snipers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) take position on a shooting range in Kunduz October 7, 2008. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Tuesday to extend Germany's participation in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and raise the number of troops it can send there by 1,000, a government official said. (Reuters/Daylife)German Bundeswehr army snipers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) open fire on a shooting range in Kunduz October 7, 2008. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Tuesday to extend Germany's participation in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and raise the number of troops it can send there by 1,000, a government official said. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and an Afghan National army soldier monitor the area during a joint patrol in Feyzabad, north of Kabul, in this September 21, 2008 file picture. The German lower house of parliament Bundestag will vote October 16, 2008, on government plans to extend its Afghanistan mission and boost the number of soldiers it can send there. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the 4/452 military police battalion with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol at a roadblock during a mine sweeping mission in Kunduz October 6, 2008. Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, debates in a special meeting on Tuesday about raising the troop limit for the ISAF in Afghanistan. Picture taken October 6, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the 4/452 military police battalion with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) look at Afghans at a roadblock during a mine sweeping mission in Kunduz October 6, 2008. Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, debates in a special meeting on Tuesday about raising the troop limit for the ISAF in Afghanistan. Picture taken October 6, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the 4/452 military police battalion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) take up positions at a road block during a mine sweeping mission in Kunduz October 6, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

A German Bundeswehr army gunner of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) monitors the area from atop his Fuchs armoured personnel carrier during a mission in Taloqan, west of Kunduz October 5, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pray during a catholic service in their base in Kunduz, October 5, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the 263rd paratroops unit of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walk in the camp before leaving for a night mission in Kunduz, October 2, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

A woman in burqa walks next to a German Bundeswehr army soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during a joint patrol with Belgian army soldiers in the bazaar of Taloqan, west of Kunduz, September 30, 2008. The first day of Eid al-Fitr festival starts, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (Reuters/Daylife)

Belgian army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) distribute greetings card for the Eid al-Fitr festival as they patrol during a joint mission with German Bundeswehr army soldiers in Taloqan, west of Kunduz, September 30, 2008. The Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol during a joint mission with Belgian army soldiers in the bazaar of Taloqan, west of Kunduz, September 30, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit atop their vehicle as they leave their base for a mission during a heavy sandstorm in Kunduz September 29, 2008. (Reuters/Daylife)



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