The pace of Marine operations in Afghanistan has slowed, but there are still plenty of bad days to be had. This photograph emerged on the wire today:
A U.S. Marine stands guard at the site of a suicide car bombing attack in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Aug. 28. (Noor Mohammad / AFP via Getty Images)
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a convoy of foreign troops in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province. Four civilians were killed, but there no confirmed military casualties.
