| A U.S. special forces officer walks past a destroyed Soviet-made MiG-21 jet at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. U.S. special forces troops worked Thursday to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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| U.S. special forces troops use remote control to detonate explosives at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. U.S. special forces cleared unexploded ammunition Thursday from around Mazar-e-Sharif's main airport, working to open the way for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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| U.S. special forces troops survey the terrain at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Special forces troops worked Thursday to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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| U.S. special forces troops survey the area around the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Special forces troops worked Thursday to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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| US Marines of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) in full battle gear carry their weapons including small rockets as they leave their forward base in southern Afghanistan late November 27, 2001 afternoon to take up positions in the desert. The U.S. flag was raised over the Marines Corps camp by a lance corporal born in Kabul. (Jim Hollander/Reuters)
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| U.S. special forces troops survey the area at the airport near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. Special forces troops worked Thursday to prepare the airport for humanitarian aid flights. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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| EDS NOTE: PICTURE MAY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AS IT WAS SENT VIA MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS---U.S. Marine Michael Sean Leo, left, from Diamondbar, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Ajmal Achekzai from Salt Lake City, Utah, raise the U.S. flag on the U.S. Marine forward base in southern Afghanistan, early Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. The base is within striking distance of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. Achekzai was born in Afghanistan and left the country after the Soviet invasion. He is working with the command on the base as a Farsi and Pashto translator. He said "I'm coming back home... I get chills putting this flag up." (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, POOL)
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| EDS NOTE: PICTURE MAY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AS IT WAS SENT VIA MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS--U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Gillows, left, from Ohio, attaches the U.S. flag to a bamboo pole as Rodney Nevinger from Killeen, Texas, assists during a brief "colors" ceremony as the flag is hoisted at the U.S. Marine forward base in southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. The Marines took command of the base in an assault on Nov. 25. The base is within striking distance of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, POOL)
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| EDS NOTE: PICTURE MAY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AS IT WAS SENT VIA MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS--U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit put on their gear in their barracks early Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, at the U.S. Marines forward base in southern Afghanistan. The base is within striking distance of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, POOL)
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| After a brief break, U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit continue to make their way to a position in the desert outside the Marine forward base in southern Afghanistan, late Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001. The Marines are part of a light mortar platoon.(AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool)
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| U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry SMAWs, Shoulder Launched Multi-Purpose Assault Weapons, and lighter weapons, as they leave the Marine forward camp in southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, to take up positions on the perimeter of the base. The base is within striking distance of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander/Pool)
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| A group of US Marines of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unity) move out to take a position in the desert outside the Marines' forward base in southern Afghanistan, November 29, 2001. The build-up of forces on the ground at the desert airstrip continued all night, and C17 cargo aircraft were used for the first time to bring in heavy logistics vehicles and a team of U.S. Navy 'Seabees'. (Jim Hollander/Reuters) |
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