A door made from metal is seen on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from metal is seen on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from metal is used on a compound at the village of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 24, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from rusted metal is used on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Car garage doors made from scrap metal are used on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from rusted metal is seen on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from a rusted metal oil drum is seen on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

A door made from metal is seen on a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from wood is seen on a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from cloth hangs inside a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 20, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from wood marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from recycled oil drums marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 20, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A rusted metal door marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 21, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 21, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from recycled oil drums marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 20, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 20, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from a shipping container marks the entrance to a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from cloth hangs at the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 26, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from metal marks the entrance to a compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from wood marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from recycled oil drums marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN) 

A door made from tins marks the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from wood is locked at the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A door made from cloth hangs at the entrance to a mud compound at the village of Kunkak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, February 23, 2011. Village doors in Helmand are made from a variety of scavenged material -- oil drums, shipping containers, bits of cloth, rice sacks or tins -- and are often the only splash of individuality and colour in a drab, beige landscape where one compound looks almost identical to the next. Picture taken February 23, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MILITARY SOCIETY)