Image of the Day: 21 June 2011 - UK MoD

Soldiers from the 9th/12th Royal Lancers have been helping to keep open a section of one of the largest roads on the Asian Highway Network. Highway 1 connects Kabul to Kandahar and is one of the most important routes in Afghanistan. The local community use the road to transport goods and livestock and the soldiers from the Lancers have the tough task of keeping the highway open, along with members of the Afghan National Army who man checkpoints along the road. [Picture: Sergeant Alison Baskerville, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]