U.S. Army Soldiers And Local Police Examine Old Anti-Tank Mines In Yaqoubi
YAQUBI, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 20: US Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Fort Richardson, Alaska), detonate two Soviet and one Pakistani anti-tank mines on the periphery of Yaqubi, Afghanistan, February 20, 2004. The three mines were found in a field and had been in the ground for over 20 years. US Army explosives experts later detonated the mines outside of town. The US soldiers are based 25 kms away at Camp Salerno in Khost, Afghanistan. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)