Close-up Military Photos: A Month Inside the Armed Forces, September By Tanner Curtis Oct. 03, 2012 prev3 of 13next TONY KARUMBA / AFP / Getty ImagesA U.S. soldier from the 1st Platoon, 1-64 Armored Batallion, operating under NATO command, interacts with an Afghan boy of the Pashtun tribe near the Morghan-Khecha village of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2012. Share Read Later TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.