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Happy New Year, Afghanistan
Image by United States Marine Corps Official Page
Afghan National Police patrolman Dost Mohammad (second from left) waits for vehicles to approach Checkpoint Drahbiash while U.S. Marines with Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, interact with a local man during Operation Gridlock Garmsir District, Afghanistan, March 21. During the three-day Afghan New Year celebration, held from March 19-21 to highlight the transition from winter into spring, the partnered forces manned vehicle checkpoints throughout Helmand province’s Garmsir district to disrupt insurgent logistical movement along routes leading into its bazaars. The Afghan forces halted and searched vehicles while Marines provided overwatch from the periphery and biometrically enrolled passersby.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder)
