“Members of the Canadian Army’s 12 Field Squadron 1 Combat Engineer Regiment take cover as they set off explosives where a cave is thought to be. Intelligence suggested that the cave — sealed earlier by a JDAM [Joint Direct Attack Munition, or “smart”] bomb dropped by the U.S. military — might have been Osama Bin Laden’s last hiding place. The search for Bin Laden in Tora Bora came up empty, of course, but being there helped me understand just how difficult it would be to track him. The mountains are huge, and the valleys are vast.” - Joe Raedle, Getty Images photographer
Five war photographers share their best photos from Iraq and Afghanistan

