An Afghan Special Forces policeman walks through a poppy field as he searches for Taliban fighters in the village of Sanjaray in Zhari district early April 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)

Snapshots of life in Afghanistan, as seen by press photographers over the past two months. ( 12 photos total



An Afghan soldier takes a break as coalition forces search for Taliban fighters in the village of Sanjaray in Zhari district early April 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)



An Afghan policeman adjusts his Kalashnikov rifle in the village of Sanjaray in Zhari district, some 35 km west of Kandahar, April 27, 2008. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)



Coalition forces cross a river during a mission near the village of Siah Choy west of Kandahar in Zhari district May 1, 2008. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)



A U.S. Marine, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan May 18, 2008. The Marine was not injured. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)



A U.S. Marine, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan May 18, 2008. The Marine was not injured. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)



Corp. James Davis of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is covered in desert dust after dismounting from his vehicle as he arrives at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Thursday, April 24, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)



British troops from 13th Air Assault Regiment and a U.S. Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch as palettes of water bottles drift to the ground on parachutes as NATO planes make a resupply airdrop to a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Saturday, April 26, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)



Taliban militants stand with faces covered near the administrative department of Roshidan district, after capturing it in Ghazni province, Afghanistan on Friday May 30, 2008. Taliban militants attacked and captured a remote town from the Afghan government overnight, taking captive the district's government leader and eight police, militants and officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad)



An Afghan woman begs for alms, as a man rides past, with a backdrop of the Darul Aman's palace which was destroyed during the civil war of 1992 in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday March 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)



An Afghan boy sits on a donkey as he carries grass for cattle to his home on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)



Afghan girls swing in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan on May 23, 2008. (MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)

More information and links:

U.S. Reports Gains Against Taliban Fighters - NY Times - 06/03/08

Afghanistan - NY Times Topics Page

