On a rocky outcrop, members of a United States force, the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry ...

Accession Number P05353.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Dupont, Stephen
Place made Afghanistan: Kandahar Province, Shah Wali Kot
Date made 1 October 2005
Conflict Afghanistan, 2001-2021
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Description

On a rocky outcrop, members of a United States force, the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, burn the bodies of two members of the Taliban killed during an ambush on one of the battalion's platoons outside Gombad (also known as Gonbaz) village the previous day. The 173rd Airborne Brigade was deployed to Afghanistan in February 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the military response to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.