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Dogs at war
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A British soldier from 3 Scouts rests with his dog after taking over a Taliban compound in a Taliban-held area of Afghanistan's Helmand province during Operation Panther's Claw. Reuters/Ahmad Masood
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A puppy sleeps under a US soldier's hat and rifles in Baquba, in Diyala province some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic
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A military working dog outfitted with its own equipment and light heads up the steps of a building in this undated handout image from the Canadian company K9 Storm Inc. which manufactures a range of specialized gear that includes high-tech canine flak jackets and tactical body armor. Reuters/K9
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A German armed forces Bundeswehr soldier stands next to his sniffer dog after searching for improvised explosive devices (IOD) in Kunduz. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
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Shadow, an Afghan puppy owned by Canadian soldiers from the Nato-led coalition, sits in his sand-bagged kennel at Three Tank Hill base near Panjwaii town in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. Reuters/Finbarr O'Reilly
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Spc. Joseph Lopez, a military working dog handler for Combined Team Zabul, Afghanistan, deployed from the 148th Military Police Detachment, Ft Carson, Colorado. The New York Times and other United States media have reported that a military canine accompanied Navy Seal Team Six commandos into a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in a raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Reuters/Adrian Cadiz
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A Dog Handler relaxes with his search dog during a break in an armoured patrol with the Household Cavalry in Southern Helmand province, Afghanistan. Reuters/Steve Lewis
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US Army Spc Dennis Bechtel and his working dog Randy investigate holes in a mud wall for weapon caches during a cordon and search mission outside the village of Uch Tapa, Iraq. Reuters/Samuel Bendet
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A military dog attacks a simulated opponent in a car during a combat skills demonstration by graduating soldiers from the Saudi special forces at a base near Riyadh. Reuters/Fahad Shadeed
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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) gather behind a dog called Gina in their recreation area inside the German army camp in Toloqan, west of Kunduz. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
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A soldier with Bravo Company, 1st battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment patrols with his dog in the village of Nakhonay in Panjwai district, southern Afghanistan. Reuters/Denis Sinyakov
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A US marine from 1st Light Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion, Jump Platoon walks with sniffer dog Conn while on patrol near a sandstorm in a desert in Helmand, Afghanistan. Reuters/Erik de Castro
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Private First Class Ronnie Berryman from 4th Platoon, Daggery Company of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment sits with Captain Katie Kopp as he pets therapy dog Hank during Hank's visit to Combat Outpost Nangalam in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
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