U.S. and Afghan forces wait to board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before an operation to rid insurgents from the Panjwa'i district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Oct. 15, 2010. The U.S. forces are assigned to the Special Operations Task Force South. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel P. ShookWNU Editor: From the Big Picture, a small photo gallery of life in Afghanistan. The link is here.