US marines talk with an elderly man as they conduct a security patrol.

Devotees leave after offering prayers at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of Ramadan at the Eid Gah Mosque.

A US Marine commander talks to Afghan locals at the Safar Bazaar.

Shopkeepers hold a shura (meeting), guarded by US marines and the ANA (Afghan National Army), to discuss the reopening of Safar bazaar. The bazaar had been closed because of IEDs (improvised explosive...

A group of shopkeepers pray after holding a Shura (meeting), guarded by US Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers. The Shura had been convened to discuss the reopening of the Safar Bazaar, in Helma...

A group of shopkeepers leave after a Shura (meeting), which was guarded by US Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers. The Shura had been convened to discuss the reopening of the Safar Bazaar, in He...

Shopkeepers hold a shura (meeting), guarded by US marines and the ANA (Afghan National Army), to discuss the reopening of Safar bazaar. The bazaar had been closed because of IEDs (improvised explosive...

A group of shopkeepers leave after a Shura (meeting), which was guarded by US Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers. The Shura had been convened to discuss the reopening of the Safar Bazaar, in He...

A US Marine on security patrol interacts with two Afghan men.

A group of shopkeepers pray after holding a Shura (meeting), guarded by US Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers. The Shura had been convened to discuss the reopening of the Safar Bazaar, in Helma...

A US Marine gives a thumbs up gesture to a man as he passes while conducting a patrol.

Men riding motorcycles pass a group of US Marines conducting a patrol.

A US Marine conducting a patrol looks towards to men in the foreground, in Helmand Province.

A US Marine conducting a patrol looks at a man on a passing motorcycle in Helmand Province.

Two men on a motorcycle pass a US marine conducting a patrol in Helmand Province.