Afghanistan's Search for Peace. 'Old City, Kabul'



Photo Title

Afghanistan's Search for Peace. 'Old City, Kabul'

Photographer/Creator

Seamus Murphy

Collection

Publisher

Newsweek/NY Times Magazine

Caption/Description

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 November 1994.In the aftermath of the Soviet withdrawal in 1989, rival mujahiddin factions turned the country into a cauldron of war, with particular carnage caused over the battle for the capital. November 1994

Citation

Seamus Murphy, "Afghanistan's Search for Peace. 'Old City, Kabul'," in POYi Archive, Item #35598, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35598 (accessed April 28, 2024).

Date Added

07.06.2008