Afghanistan - Germany's contingent (56k be gone) !!!

**weissent** · 05-02-2005

Nice to see this thread revived! Too bad so many of the older pics are gone...

**Conga** · 05-02-2005

There aren't any soldiers wearing helmets. How come?

**sp2c** · 05-02-2005

yes there are, look closer

**Conga** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by sp2c

yes there are, look closer

Oh right

But there are a lot more pictures with soldiers wearing berets or boonie hats

**sp2c** · 05-02-2005

because of a very low threatlevel I guess

also you see a lot of pics from guys on the base where the troops are supposed to be safe, press pics were the troops are supposed to be cool and on the road pics where the troops just climbed out of their vehicle to smile at the camera

**caleb** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by Conga

Originally Posted by sp2c

yes there are, look closer

Oh right

But there are a lot more pictures with soldiers wearing berets or boonie hats

They try to look as low-profile i.e less frightening as possible. They don't want to scare the population by looking armed-to-teeth, they want to show that they aren't an occupation, but a peace-keeping force.

At least that's my understanding.

**Pille1234** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by weissent

Nice to see this thread revived! Too bad so many of the older pics are gone...

If you look here you'll find most of the older ones restored.

**Pille1234** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by Equilibrium

can ya post more of them pls..........

....mir steht das nähmlich bald bevor, und ich finde die fotos sehr interessant.

Sorry, I posted all I had to offer at the moment.
...and don't forget your camera when you go to Astan.

**donnergott** · 05-02-2005

There aren't any soldiers wearing helmets. How come?

why should they ?

did you wear a condom all the day ?

**RS_Leo1A5** · 05-02-2005

Originally Posted by caleb

They try to look as low-profile i.e less frightening as possible. They don't want to scare the population by looking armed-to-teeth, they want to show that they aren't an occupation, but a peace-keeping force.

Which is also the reason why we don't have Marder IFVs or Leopard MBTs in Afghanistan.

**Pulsar** · 05-02-2005

More Wiesel in Afghanistan pics please. Just love those little dudes.

**MathiasL** · 05-03-2005

Here you can find some more Wiesel-pics:

http://www.primeportal.net/apc/gert/wiesel_afgh.htm

**Pille1234** · 05-18-2005

^^
Pics from Primeportal.net. There you can find them in double size.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan students from Kabul University burn a US flag during a protest in Kabul, 12 May 2005. Some 200-300 university students demonstrated against the alleged desecration of the Koran at a US military jail in Guantanamo Bay, took to the streets of the Afghan capital in a third day of protests across the country which have left four people dead, witnesses said.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan policemen and ISAF soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Kabul University, 14 May 2005. Afghanistan's US-backed government was trying to restore order after 14 people died in increasingly violent protests against the alleged desecration of the Koran by interrogators at Guantanamo Bay. Seven Afghans died 13 May, alone as security forces and enraged protesters clashed in several towns and cities at both ends of the war-ravaged country, posing fresh problems for President Hamid Karzai's efforts at rebuilding.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: German soldiers of the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol the streets in Kabul, 15 May 2005. A rocket hit the operating theatre of a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, causing extensive damage and sparking a fire but without causing any casualties, officials said.

**seventy6er** · 05-18-2005

I got a ***** after seeing your last pics, Pille!

**Stormy** · 05-18-2005

excellent pics..

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