Mujahadeen fighter Mahmad Sadek (R) talks with US Navy Seabees and Marines about water resources and mine fields at Kandahar International Airport in Kandahar on December 17, 2001. At left is Mujahadeen fighter Ghul Alay. At centre is interpreter Marine Cpl. Hamed John Aziz of Roswell, Georgia. The Mujahadeen fighters have intimate knowledge of the hazards at the airfield after years of fighting the Taliban and Soviets. —REUTERS