Afghan National Army commandos with the 1st Tolai, 3rd Special Operations Kandak and supporting U.S. Special Forces Soldiers with an operational detachment alpha team watch as a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to land after a clearing operation in Kharkrezwal village in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 14, 2014. The U.S. Soldiers helped the Afghan unit conduct the operation in an effort to disrupt alleged insurgents' use of the village as a safe haven.