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District Development Assembly Chairman Haji Mohammad

An Afghan Uniformed Police Officer and Afghan children

Iraqi policemen patrol the streets of Afak in the

Haji Barrat, Atghar district governor, and Lt. Stanikzay,

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Frederick Hodges, center right,

A child in District 2 carries an Afghan Uniformed Police

Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Government of the Islamic Republic

Kushmond District Sub-Governor Dwalat Khan speaks to

A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Detachment 31,

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Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and tent cities established by U.S. military personnel. Such facilities are being established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather a U.S. soldier as they move supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplies are being delivered to the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees sit inside a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they are transported from a mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather around a CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering supplies to a camp site set up by Allied forces. Camp sites are being set up along the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a newly established tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees carry RPG-7 portable rocket launchers as they prepare to move from their mountain encampment to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the are as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/04/1991
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