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August 31, 2010
Life in Afghanistan in August
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Five more American troops were killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010, ending the month with a spike in bloodshed that has claimed the lives of 19 U.S. service members in only four days. The U.S. death toll for August stood at 55 -- three-quarters of them in the second half of the month as the Taliban fight back against U.S. pressure in southern and eastern strongholds. American losses accounted for more than 70 percent of the 76 fatalities suffered by the entire NATO-led force. Here is a look at images of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in August and pictures of daily life throughout the country. (35 images)

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U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division line up in a sandstorm for chow at Forward Operating Base Howz-e-Madad, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010. The soldiers of 101st's 2-502 Infantry at Howz-e-Madad operate in a district which, as the birthplace of the Taliban movement, continues to harbor many well-armed fighters, and a support network which provides the fighters with improvised explosives and safe havens. AP / Brennan Linsley


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During a rescue mission, a team from a U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Rescue Squadron scans for threats out the open door of a helicopter, in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan on Aug. 4, 2010. AP / Brennan Linsley



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US soldiers of HHC 2-508 PIR 4 BTC, 82nd Airborne sleep at the heliport as they wait for helicopter transport to fly back home from the volatile and dangerous Kandahar's province of Arghandab Valley on Aug. 15, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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US soldiers throw a football on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. Kandahar Airfield is the largest military base in southern Afghanistan and has a population by some estimates of at least 20,000 soldiers and civilians, and has many of the same services of a small American city. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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U.S soldier receives communion during a Catholic mass on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on Aug. 1, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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US soldier Bush from HHC 2/ 508tn PIR 4BTC 82nd Airborne Division shaves at his base in the volatile and dangerous Kandahar's province Arghandab Valley on Aug. 14, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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A US soldier of the Airborne Division sits on top of an anti-rocket attack barrier fence at nightfall in the volatile and dangerous Kandahar's province Arghandab Valley on Aug. 4, 2010. The location is a spot popular among soldiers to view the sunset. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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A municipality logo shows construction is ongoing, as a woman, right, sells bread on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010. AP / Musadeq Sadeq



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An Afghan woman begs for alms from pedestrians as her daughter sleeps near by in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. AP / Rahmat Gul



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Afghan women look at the price of a broom in a street market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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An Afghan family rides on a motorbike in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. AP / Reza Shirmohammadi



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Children play in Karte Sakhi neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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An Afghan boy cleans a car as the owner's child looks on, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. AP / Mustafa Quraishi



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An Afghan child plays with a cardboard box, as another reads the Quran, Islam's holy book, while waiting for customers at his roadside stall on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. AP / Mustafa Quraishi



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Afghan children play in a poor community on Aug. 19, 2010 in Kabul. Afghanistan marked its independence day on Aug. 19. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Afghan children fish in the polluted Kabul River in Kabul on Aug. 23, 2010. A report by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights claims that over a third of Afghans live in "absolute poverty" and about the same number are only slightly above the poverty line. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Afghan children fish in the polluted waters of the Kabul River in Kabul on August 23, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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An Afghan boy carries canisters to be filled with water down the hill where he lives, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Most of Kabul's neighborhoods on hills have no running water. AP / Dusan Vranic



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Afghan girls pose for their mother at Qargha lake just outside Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. AP / Dusan Vranic



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An Afghan boy shields himself from the rain wearing plastic bags in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. AP / Mustafa Quraishi



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A man gestures in a hairdresser in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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Afghans cook traditional sweets at a shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. AP / Ahmad Massoud



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A vendor waits for customers inside a bakery in Karte Sakhi neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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Afghans travel on the roof of a vehicle in Mazar-e Sharif, North of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. AP / Mustafa Najafizada



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Afghans beg for alms outside a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. AP / Mustafa Quraishi



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A burqa-clad Afghan woman buys bread for Iftar, the meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, in Kabul on August 22, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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An Afghan man buys bread for Iftar, the meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, in Kabul on Aug. 22, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Workers make bread in a bakery in Karte Sakhi neighborhood in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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Afghans bakers prepare bred at the Shafigullah Bakery in preparation for iftar, the evening meal where Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, on Aug. 19, 2010 in Kabul. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Afghan Muslim prepares for distribution of the evening meal ration at the Paul-e-Khishtee Mosque on Aug. 18, 2010 in Kabul. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Afghans attend prayers at the Jada Mosque in Old Kabul on Aug. 21, 2010. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Men pray in a wood storage area on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan on on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. AP / Rodrigo Abd



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Afghans Muslims wash their feet before to say their evening prayers at the Paul-e-Khishtee Mosque on Aug. 18, 2010 in Kabul. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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An Afghan Muslim washes his feet before to say his evening prayers at the Paul-e-Khishtee Mosque on Aug. 18, 2010 in Kabul. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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Afghans Muslims say their evening prayers on Aug. 18, 2010 in Kabul. AFP/ Getty Images / Yuri Cortez



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