United States Army 10th Mountain Division soldiers take over a dwelling
March 8, 2002 near the villages of Sherkhankheyl, Marzak and Bobelkiel,
in Afghanistan. The villages were an al Qaida and Taliban stronghold
which came under intense bombing and firefights as the coalition forces
battled to root them out. The American troops withdrawn on Sunday from
bitter mountain fighting in eastern Afghanistan said they left behind
panicked and beaten al Qaeda fighters.

REUTERS/POOL/Joe Raedle