Portraits of war: Elliott Woods wants Americans to look their returning veterans in the eye


Kandahar, Afghanistan: An Afghan woman explains to the American soldiers that there are no Taliban fighters in her village. She complains that the soldiers ruined the grape crop by trampling it on the rooftops and asks for money for compensation. Photo: Elliott D. Woods 2012

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