A soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr uses his binoculars after hearing an explosion outside a school in Emam Saheb in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan, April 18, 2009. Afghan officials reported that the explosion was related to construction works. Reuters

 

A US army soldier receives medical treatment by German medics for his broken hand, at a rescue center of the German armed forces Bundeswehr at their camp in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan April 17, 2009. Reuters

 

 

 A German armed forces Bundeswehr military policeman sits atop his armoured personnel carrier "Dingo" as he guards a meeting with a Bundeswehr liaison managing team (LMT) and tribe leaders at a village in Aliabad district near Kunduz on April 19, 2009.

 

 An Afghan men leaves a meeting of tribe leaders and members of a German liaison managing team (LMT) as a group of German armed forces Bundeswehr military police guard the entrance of the office of the district manager of Aliabad near Kunduz on April 19, 2009.

 

 

 A German armed forces Bundeswehr military policeman guards a meeting with a Bundeswehr liaison managing team (LMT) at a village in Aliabad district near Kunduz on April 19, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

Afghan children talk to German armed forces Bundeswehr policemen guarding the visit of a German liaison monitoring team (LMT) at a little village in Aliabad district near Kunduz on April 19, 2009.

 

 

 An Afghan boy looks at a German armed forces Bundeswehr member during the visit of a German liaison monitoring team (LMT) at a village in Aliabad district near Kunduz on April 19, 2009.

 

 

 

since there is stuff popping up on gettyimages every day at the moment, here is the recent update: 

 

April 21:  (qoutes from gettyimages)

 

 

 

 

 A convoy of German armed forces Bundeswehr makes its way to a forward operation base (FOB) during a mission in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.

 

 

 An infantry soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr secures the area as mission team leaders hold a meeting near a forward operation base (FOB) in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.

 

 An infantry soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr takes a break at a forward operation base (FOB) during a mission in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.

 

 

 An infantry soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr keeps watch on his MG4 as the soldiers secure a forward operation base (FOB) during a mission in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 Infantry soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr unload ammunition from a supply truck at their forward operation base (FOB) during a mission in Kunduz province, April 21, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A German armed forces Bundeswehr soldier stands next to his sniffer dog after searching for improvised explosive devices (IOD) in Kunduz April 20, 2009.

 

 

 

 

German armed forces Bundeswehr soldiers walk their sniffer dogs before searching for improvised explosive devices (IOD) in Kunduz April 20, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A German armed forces Bundeswehr hunting infantry soldier closes his armoured personnel carrier before a night mission in a forward operation base (FOB) in Kunduz April 20, 2009.

 

 

 Soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr stand next to their "Wolf" vehicles as they visit a school in Taloqan, east of Kundus, April 23, 2009.

 

A team leader of German armed forces Bundeswehr soldiers stands in front of a map of Afghanistan as he contacts his commanders during a visit at a local school in Taloqan, east of Kundus, April 23, 2009

 

 

 

 A soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr looks out of his armored "Dingo" vehicle on a patrol to Taloqan, east of Kundus, April 23, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 An infantry soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr presents the equipment he has to take for a mission outside the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) camp in Kunduz, April 25, 2009. The equipment which includes a bullet proof vest, weapons, ammunition, first aid kit and water weighs about 40 kilograms (88 pounds).

 

 

 

 

New Update (29.4.09 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Local villagers assist military policemen of German armed forces Bundeswehr to recover their armoured personnel carrier (APC) "Dingo" after it got stuck in a muddy road during a mission in Aliabad district near Kunduz, April 29, 2009.

 

 

 

 An Afghan boy talks to a military policeman of German armed forces Bundeswehr during a mission in Aliabad district near Kunduz April 29, 2009.

 

 A military policeman of German armed forces Bundeswehr checks his position on his mobile GPS after their armoured personnel carrier (APC) "Dingo" was stuck in a muddy road during a mission in Aliabad district near Kunduz April 29, 2009. A similar APC was attacked at the same time by a suicide bomber on a street nearby. Five German soldiers were injured in the attack.

 

PS: The Armor of the Dingo once again saved the lifes of the soldiers attacked, in an vehicle without Armor they would have been killed for sure. 

 

 

 

 

 

29. 4 continued:

 

 

 

 

 

 Afghan villagers hold up their muddy shovels and the money they received from military policemen of German armed forces Bundeswehr after recovering an armoured personnel carrier (APC) "Dingo" from a muddy road during a mission in Aliabad district near Kunduz, April 29, 2009. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr secure the area as a German liason monitoring team (LMT) walks into a village in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 Soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr perform a recovery operation on a "Fuchs" armoured personnel carrier during a mission in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009.

 

 

 

 Afghans from Dam Shak-Alchin village help soldiers of the German armed forces Bundeswehr perform a recovery operation on a "Fuchs" armoured personnel carrier during a mission in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009.

 

 

 People from Dam Shak-Alchin village stand together with soldiers of German armed forces Bundeswehr after helping them with the recovery of an armoured personnel carrier "Fuchs" from a slippery road during a mission in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A soldier of German armed forces Bundeswehr secures the area as a German liason monitoring team (LMT) walks into a village in Kunduz district, April 28, 2009.

 

The damaged German armored personnel carrier is transported away following a suicide attack in Ali Abad district of Kunduz province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The suicide bomber jumped in front of the German vehicle, wounding four German troops, the NATO-led force said.

 

Some from other Nations:

 

 

In this undated image made available in London Wednesday April 29, 2009 by the Ministry of Defence, snipers and an observer of the Black Watch, the 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, take up positions during Operation Sarak 1 in the Maywand region of Afghanistan. Operation Sarak 1, which took place from April 21 to April 25, enabled the troops to carry out searches and exploit compounds of interest following a helicopter air assault to shuttle troops to their area of operation.

 

 In this undated image made available in London Wednesday April 29, 2009 by the Ministry of Defence, a sniper of the Black Watch, the 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, moves through a field during Operation Sarak 1 in the Maywand region of Afghanistan. Operation Sarak 1, which took place from April 21 to April 25, enabled the troops to carry out searches and exploit compounds of interest following a helicopter air assault to shuttle troops to their area of operation.

 

 A U.S. Humvee of 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division drives near a crater caused by a road side bomb attack on a U.S vehicle Monday, in Tangi valley, Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A priest from the German armed forces Bundeswehr lays down a silver cross in front of a picture of a killed soldier during a memorial service at the Provincial reconstruction team (PRT) camp in Kunduz May 1, 2009. One German soldier was killed and nine others wounded in an attack on their convoy near Kunduz on April 29.

 

 

 Also RIP to:

 

 

 

Lance Sergeant Tobie Fasfous, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards [Picture: via MOD]

 (May 1, 2009) Explosive Ordnance Technician 2nd Class Tyler J. Trahan, 22, from East Freetown, Mass., died April 30 during combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Trahan was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 12 based in Norfolk, Va., and was deployed as part of a Navy SEAL team. (U.S. Navy photo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Soldiers carry the coffin of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan during a mourning ceremony in Bad Saulgau, Germany, 07 May 2009. Some 600 people attended the ceremony for the 21-year-old who was killed in a gunfight in Kundus on 29 April 2009

 

Fri, 08 May 2009

 

Berlin - German defence officials released details Friday of an aggressive attack on German forces near Kunduz in northern Afghanistan which suggests a new phase in the war with the Taliban. A German patrol of nearly 30 men came under attack Thursday afternoon with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, according to Defence Ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe in Berlin. In the resulting gunbattle, which lasted several hours, the Germans killed four Taliban, wounded four and took four prisoners who were handed over to Afghan authorities, he said. The firefight came only eight days after the German military suffered its first death in direct action since the Second World War. An infantryman, 21, trading fire with rebels was killed April 29 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his light-armour Dingo vehicle near Kunduz in an encounter lasting several minutes. The attacks suggest a contest is developing for terrain, military analysts said. Modern Germany had lost many soldiers in fatal accidents, and 12 have been killed by Afghan suicide bombs and booby traps, but none had previously been killed while using lethal force in battle. Also on Thursday, German helicopter-borne commandoes captured a Taliban leader, Abdul Razek, who heads the movement in Badakshan province, after several hours of fighting near his home. Taliban-led violence is on the rise in Afghanistan, eight years after the ouster of the Taliban regime. The militants vowed to increase their attacks before more US troops arrived by summer. The arrival of the war in the north, where the Germans had been comparatively safe and concentrated on aiding civilians, could bring the military into dispute with Germany's large pacifist movement. Raabe said Friday, "Anyone who attacks us or our allies has to expect that we'll fight back."

 

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The first of 3 Eagle IV vehicles are loaded for their transport to Afghanistan on May 14, 2009.

 

Until 2010, Germany will recieve 198 of the vehicles.