Vets for Victory Chairman Steve Russell with Iraqi Police Brigadier Bahaa Noori Yaseen and Lt. Col. Matt Elledge, commander of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry in the Bayaa Market, Rashid District, Baghdad on a recent visit to report progress. Photo by JD Johannes from 'Outside the Wire'

Afghan citizen registers to vote at the Voters’ Registration Center for men in Farah City on 8 January 2009. Up to 400 Afghan people a day - men and women - were reported to register to vote in Farah City during the third phase of the voter registration process which took place in six Afghan Provinces (Laghman, Nangarhar, Khost, Paktika, Zabul and Farah) between 13 December and 11 January.   ISAF Photo