Overturned Truck Along Highway One

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

Local truckers wait for U.S. Army engineers to lift an overturned tractor trailer on a bypass below a bridge that was recently blown up by an insurgent IED along Afghanistan’s Highway One in Zabul. The insurgents often like to blow up bridges with bypasses – because they still have move material around too, y’know – but still want to make a point.