R&R at Kandahar Airfield

R and R at Kandahar Airfield The base tries to re-create many of the creature comforts of home for coalition forces serving in Afghanistan Photographs by Rodrigo Abd / AP
Rodrigo Abd / AP

International Pastime
A baseball match unfolds at the airfield, home to the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing and a NATO base supporting both Operation Enduring Freedom and the International Security Assistance Force mission.

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