US Army Lieutenant Colonel Dan Wilson (3L), Battalion Commander of 2/27 Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, and Mohammed Ishmael (left with back to camera), Police Chief of Ghaziabad District, eat and chat in Nichigam District Centre in northern Kunar, 20 November 2011. Four days later, on 09 Dec, Ishmael was killed with 5 others when a 12 year old suicide bomber blew himself up in the village. (John D McHugh)