On location in Afghanistan for Hell and Back Again - in pictures

Danfung Dennis's powerful documentary Hell and Back Again, chronicling the effects of serving in Afghanistan on American soldiers, has just gone on UK release – read what Guardian film critic, Peter Bradshaw, thought of the film . An award-winning war photographer, Dennis also took pictures while making his film. Here, a US soldier sits at the rear opening of a Chinook helicopter as it flies over Afghanistan in 2006 Photograph: Danfung Dennis/Danfung Dennis Photograph: Danfung Dennis/Action images Khost province, Afghanistan, 2008. A man repacks his possessions after US soldiers and Afghan police search his house Photograph: Danfung Dennis/Danfung Dennis Photograph: Danfung Dennis/Action images Kandahar province, Afghanistan, 2009. A man is questioned outside his home by US soldiers in the village of Hutal Photograph: Danfung Dennis Kandahar province, Afghanistan, 2009. US soldiers of 2-2, 1st Infantry Division patrol in the village of Tsapowzai Photograph: Danfung Dennis Kandahar province, Afghanistan, 2009. A boy looks on as his father is questioned by US Army soldiers in Mazra-eh Photograph: Danfung Dennis Kandahar province, Afghanistan, 2009. US soldiers of 2-2, 1st Infantry Division conduct a foot patrol in the village of Hutal Photograph: Danfung Dennis/Danfung Dennis Photograph: Danfung Dennis/Action images