戰爭災難等突發事件類新聞單幅獲獎照片 銀獎  ?美國海軍陸戰隊士兵躲避地雷爆炸 1月13日,在阿富汗南部的赫爾曼德省,美軍上士安東尼·薩巴拉在地雷爆炸時躲避。2009年7月,美國海軍陸戰隊進攻阿富汗南部一個塔利班堡壘。這是美國軍隊增員阿富汗以來一次 主要的軍事行動。行動包括接近4000美軍和650阿富汗警察,由海軍陸戰隊空運,這是自越戰以來最大的空運部隊行動。行動的目的是鎮壓此地的暴亂,行動取得了一些成果,部隊推進到了赫爾曼德河河谷。2009年11月份,奧巴馬總統往阿富汗增援了30000美軍。 US MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST TALIBAN US Marine Sergeant Anthony Zabala of 1st Combat Engineering Battalion of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade runs to safety as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explodes in Garmsir district of Helmand Province on July 13, 2009. A foot patrol was advancing painstakingly with metal detectors and bare hands to defuse bombs planted on a rough track when an explosion shot a cloud of dust and rocks into the sky in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province at dusk, killing Sergeant Michael W. Heede Junior and Staff Sgt. David S. Spicer. Improvised Explosive Device (IED) are responsible for 61% of U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan, according to iCasualties.org. an independent website that tracks troop fatalities in Afghanistan. ?
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