One of the Afghan soldiers killed was a photojournalist

U.S. Army magazine Military Review said there had been discussions about the decision to publish the images taken by Army Specialist Hilda I. Clayton and her Afghan counterpart, who were among the five killed during a live-fire training exercise on July 2, 2013, in Laghman Province, east of Kabul.

During the exercise a mortar tube exploded, killing Clayton, who was photographing the exercise, and four Afghan soldiers.

One of the Afghan soldiers killed in the blast was a photojournalist training with Clayton, the magazine said in an article posted on its website. “This edition of the Military Review is focused on promoting the concepts of gender equality and these photographs illustrate the dangers our military men and women face both in training and in combat.”