Jonathan Saruk Photography

Images: Khost

US soldiers from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division on patrol January 1, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
A dead dog on the side of the road January 1, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
Soldiers of the 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, shave their heads at a combat outpost January 4, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
Soldiers of the 2-506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division smoke cigarettes in the early morning after a night mission where suspected insurgents were taken into custody December 31, 2008 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
A US soldier of the 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division, keeps watch while manning an observation post December 26, 2008 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. The unit was observing voter registration sites to assist Afghan forces with security. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
An Afghan man is detained after being found near the site of an improvised explosive device that wounded 3 Afghan soldiers January 24, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
US soldiers from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division on patrol January 1, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
US soldiers from the 101st Airborne play football at a combat outpost at the Sabari District Center on Christmas Day December 25, 2008 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
An incoming rocket explodes near an observation post manned by soldiers of the 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division on December 26, 2008 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. The unit was observing voter registration sites to assist Afghan forces with security. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
A US soldier from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division rests during a patrol January 4, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
Afghans watch a US Provincial Reconstruction Team inspects the site of a school under construction January 5, 2009 in Bak District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
  
An insurgent, presumably killed after a 500 pound bomb was dropped on his position, lies dead on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on January 22, 2009 in Bak District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Joint US and Afghan units air assaulted onto a mountain top to set up an observation point for four days. While manning the observation point, the units came under attack from insurgents. During the fighting 22 insurgents were killed. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
A US soldier from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division on patrol January 4, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
The view from the back of a MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle, as soldiers from the 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division patrol January 6, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
US soldiers from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division fire illumination mortar rounds at night January 14, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
An Afghan soldier checks a wounded insurgent for weapons on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after an attack by insurgents on January 22, 2009 in Bak District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Joint US and Afghan units air assaulted onto a mountain top to set up an observation point for four days. While manning the observation point, the units came under attack from insurgents. During the fighting 22 insurgents were killed. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
Glasses from a dead insurgent, presumably killed after a 500 pound bomb was dropped on his position, lie on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on January 22, 2009 in Bak District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Joint US and Afghan units air assaulted onto a mountain top to set up an observation point for four days. While manning the observation point, the units came under attack from insurgents. During the fighting 22 insurgents were killed. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
A US soldier from the 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division in his bunk at a combat outpost January 10, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
A US soldier from the 101st Airborne dressed as Santa Claus prepares to hand out gifts at a combat outpost at the Sabari District Center on Christmas Day December 25, 2008 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter hovers over the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, waiting to medevac a wounded insurgent on January 22, 2009 in Bak District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Joint US and Afghan units air assaulted onto a mountain top to set up an observation point for four days. While manning the observation point, the units came under attack from insurgents. During the fighting 22 insurgents were killed. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
A flight engineer for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter dangles his legs off the back of the aircraft after picking up soldiers from the 4-320th Field Artillery Regiment of the 101st Airborne from an observation point near the Pakistan border. on January 24, 2009 in Bak District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Joint US and Afghan units air assaulted onto a mountain top to set up an observation point for four days. While manning the observation point, the units came under attack from insurgents. During the fighting 22 insurgents were killed. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
A medic with the 4-320th Field Artillery Regiment of the 101st Airborne, prepares two wounded Afghan National Army soldiers to be medevacked at the Sabari Combat Outpost December 28, 2008 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. The two soldiers, who were shot in the Bak Bazaar, were taken by helicopter to FOB Salerno for surgery. Khost province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
  
An Afghan soldier wounded by an improvised explosive device is brought to US soldiers for medical treatment. January 24, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
US soldiers from the 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division prepare medevac an Afghan soldier via helicopter after he was wounded by an improvised explosive device January 24, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
     
  
US soldiers from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division wait to board a helicopter to FOB Salerno to prepare for a 24-hour-long air assault into the Maktab Bazaar January 27, 2009 in Sabari District, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.
   
US soldiers from the 2/506 Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division march to a helicopter landing zone after a 24-hour-long air assault into the Maktab Bazaar January 29, 2009 in the Maktab Bazaar, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Khost Province borders the Waziristan region in Pakistan, where it is believed foreign fighters cross into Afghanistan to combat coalition forces.