U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division drive through Mata Khan village in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2012, as residents walk the streets.
The Soldiers drove through Mata Khan to gain access to roads for route clearance. (DoD photo by Spc. Raymond Schaeffer, U.S. Army) Original public domain image from Flickr