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The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. Sunrise on the morning after the successful rout of the Taliban from Kabul. A dead Talib fighter…

The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. A Talib, being held prisoner in the Taliban Intelligence prison on the day Kabul was liberated…

The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. Northern Alliance advance on to Qarabakh, closing in on Kabul . Following heavy US- airstrikes …

The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. Northern Alliance soldiers racing to take up positions in their trenches on their defensive…

The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. A man screams in religious ecstsasy at a Sufi ceremony in Kabul October 2004

Bodies of Taliban fighters on the Old Road to Kabul on the morning of November thirteenth, the day Kabul fell from Taliban control to the Northern Alliance. November 2001.

The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. An early morning patrol by mujahiddin fighters loyal to Ahmed Shah Massoud in the Old City,Kabul…

Legendary Panjshiri leader Ahmed Shah Massoud on a visit to his defence line at front above Dashti Qala observes the Taliban from a gun position. Holding off countless Soviet offensives in the 80's ,and being the only credible aversity against the…

The Afghan people live their lives as they always have done through their history , at once both the victims and ultimate survivors of their own fate. Afghan horseman and spectators at a Buzkashi event set amongst the ruins of war near Golbahar…

Afghanistan 1994-2004, in Search of Peace The last ten years in Afghanistan have seen tumultuous events, even by the standards of that country's history. 1994 saw the continuing escalation of a brutal civil war ,allowed to fester as a legacy…