Local Pashtun and Balouch Elders and US Marines In Khan Neshin, Helmand Province

KHAN NESHIN, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 18: Afghan elders from Qal'eh-Ye-Naw meet with District Governor Massoud Ahmad under a tent to voice their grievances about US Marine patrols in their villages August 18, 2009 at Khan Neshin, Afghanistan. US Marines from the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Delta Company, maintain a Forward Operating Base in Khan Neshin and send out daily security patrols. Taliban militants have had control of southern Helmand for 6 years until over 4,000 US Marines arrived in July, 2009. It's estimated 80% of the farmers in southern Helmand province grow poppy plants which produces opium sold to drug dealers taxed and protected by Taliban forces. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
KHAN NESHIN, AFGHANISTAN - AUGUST 18: Afghan elders from Qal'eh-Ye-Naw meet with District Governor Massoud Ahmad under a tent to voice their grievances about US Marine patrols in their villages August 18, 2009 at Khan Neshin, Afghanistan. US Marines from the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Delta Company, maintain a Forward Operating Base in Khan Neshin and send out daily security patrols. Taliban militants have had control of southern Helmand for 6 years until over 4,000 US Marines arrived in July, 2009. It's estimated 80% of the farmers in southern Helmand province grow poppy plants which produces opium sold to drug dealers taxed and protected by Taliban forces. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Local Pashtun and Balouch Elders and US Marines In Khan Neshin, Helmand Province
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