Searching for devices, 2010 (c)

Digital photograph, Afghanistan (2001- ), 2010 (c).

Members of a Royal Engineers Search Team (REST) search for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the walls of a compound. Holes are sometimes cut into the walls to enable enemy fighters to snipe through, without being exposed themselves.

Digital photograph from DVD of 34 photographs relating to explosive ordnance disposal work in Afghanistan (2001- ).