ON ASSIGNMENT: SCENES FROM AFGHANISTAN: "The Milky Way ­ Helmand Province"

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Marc Richards, 21, of Millsboro, Delaware, with 2nd LAR Charlie Company, watch as a 1000 pound bomb is dropped on more than 1,600 bags of poppy seeds discovered at Safar Bazaar following a raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.© Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2009ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
"The Milky Way ­ Helmand Province"

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Marc Richards, 21, of Millsboro, Delaware, with 2nd LAR Charlie Company, watch as a 1000 pound bomb is dropped on more than 1,600 bags of poppy seeds discovered at Safar Bazaar following a raid in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 

© Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2009 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED