The Battle for Afghanistan - Part I



I recently spent a month on assignment for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in Afghanistan covering the war. Having spent nearly two months in Pakistan earlier in the year, we traveled to Afghanistan to document the coalition forces efforts to secure the border with Pakistan. Myself and colleague Betsy Hiel, our newspaper's foreign corespondent, were embedded with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division in the Khost Province of Afghanistan. Our stories, photos and videos will be running throughout the week in both print and online. Check out the website www.pghtrib.com to see more.



























6 comments:

berto xxx June 29, 2008 at 1:53 PM  

I like this blog. for real!


berto xxx

Anonymous June 29, 2008 at 5:23 PM  

The one of the little boy in the open field is perfect - absolutely perfect! Keep up the great work!

Dean Beattie June 29, 2008 at 6:36 PM  

Nice work, man! Hope everything looked all right!

Denise Olson June 29, 2008 at 7:38 PM  

Remarkable documentation. Very few words can explain what it is really like there. Thank you for sharing to all of us back "home".

Wynne June 30, 2008 at 11:01 AM  

These images are amazing Justin.

You shoot anyone from the South Side of Chicago?

Anonymous July 1, 2008 at 1:17 PM  

I liked the way you captured what it is like over their. Some of the guys that are in these pictures are my friends that worked with before they deployed. Those guys are like a family. I wish I was healed up to go over their and help them out.

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Justin Merriman, an award-winning photojournalist with the Tribune-Review, has spent more than a decade traveling the world to cover politics, wars, natural disasters and civil unrest. His work has appeared in leading national and international publications and he has received numerous top journalism awards. After covering the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks – including the crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville – Merriman committed to chronicling the U.S. military and its War on Terror. He has followed this story across the US and into the war zones of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also has covered life in Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 2002, India’s efforts to eradicate polio, the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and most recently, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba in 2012. In 2011, Merriman was honored with the top photography award from the Military Reporters and Editors Assoc. for his work in Iraq & Haiti. Merriman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2000 with a degree in English Writing. In 2009, the university awarded him its prestigious Alumnus of Distinction award. Merriman lives in Oakmont with his fiancĂ©, Stephanie Strasburg.

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