Latest pictures from US camp in southern Afghanistan

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(14 Dec 2001) • • 1. Wide of Camp Rhino • 2. Various of helicopters in air over camp • 3. Group of soldiers chatting • 4. Close up rain falling on wooden box • 5. Soldier covering box • 6. Truck arriving • 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Daniel Yoo • I think the airport was pretty much as expected. We know there was a lot of debris on the runways. The airport has been damaged to some extent based on our bombing campaign. We established security and we're assessing it right now, or hopefully we'll be able to use it for future operations and also to facilitate use by the non-governmental agencies and other international agencies that want to come here and help the transitional government. • 8. Cutaway soldiers walking • 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel Daniel Yoo • I think there's definitely a danger of mines and booby traps. This whole area has in the past because when the Soviets were here as well as the Taliban they've heavily put mines in that area in particular, so we're being very cautious about our set up and organization there, and we've got the appropriate people and the type of expertise out there in order to clear any unexploded ordinance to make it safe for our own forces as well as others coming here. • 10. Soldier shaving • 11. Soldiers carrying boxes • 12. Helicopter in air • • STORYLINE: • • Scores of U-S Marines in a land convoy and helicopters took control of the damaged Kandahar airport on Friday. • • From their base in Camp Rhino, southwest of Kandahar, a Marine convoy of more than 40 vehicles drove down Highway 1 before dawn on Friday. • • U-S Marines cleared debris and searched for booby traps and land mines. • • The operation is geared to turn the airport into an arrival point for U-S military flights and humanitarian aid. • • A spokesman for the U-S marines, Colonel Daniel Yoo, said they established security and we're assessing it right now, or hopefully we'll be able to use it for future operations and also to facilitate use by the non-governmental agencies and other international agencies that want to come here and help the transitional government. • • Though they know they' re putting their own lives at risk, they're confident they have the expertise needed to clear the mines. • • Meanwhile, a member of the new Afghan interim government said officials hoped to reopen the airport next week for humanitarian aid. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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