USA strikes backthe war in picturesThe TribuneDecember 18, 2001 |

Mujahadeen fighter Ruzee Khan stops to smell a rose during a visit with US Navy Seabees at the Kandahar International Airport in southern Afghanistan on December 17, 2001. Several Mujahadeen fighters visited with the Seabees and Marines to show them water resources and mine fields in and around the airfield. Their knowledge came from years of fighting against the Taliban and Soviets. —REUTERS