The mangled remains of a Taliban rocket that marked the start of a three hour bombardment in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, on polling day, August 20. This rocket killed a 15-year-old boy who was riding to a polling station with his brother. Photographer Jeremy Kelly and I were 60 metres away waiting for the first voters when the rocket screeched overhead and smashed into the concrete. Photo: Jeremy Kelly.

The mangled remains of a Taliban rocket that marked the start of a three hour bombardment in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, on polling day, August 20. This rocket killed a 15-year-old boy who was riding to a polling station with his brother. Photographer Jeremy Kelly and I were 60 metres away waiting for the first voters when the rocket screeched overhead and smashed into the concrete. Photo: Jeremy Kelly.