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God Willing

 
Afghanistan

It’s hard to encapsulate how much Afghanistan changed me as a person. Posted there in 2005, aged 28, I was suddenly part of an international coalition to rebuild the country and counter the Taliban.

It’s hard to encapsulate how much Afghanistan changed me as a person. Posted there in 2005, aged 28, I was suddenly part of an international coalition to rebuild the country and counter the Taliban.

Afghanistan

Brought face to face with the rubble and ruins of decades of brutal conflict, I saw with my own eyes the scale of military might now brought to bear. What would it accomplish?
Ruined forts, towering and crumbling minarets, a sea of poppies, rivers in the desert, phosphorescent sands and helicopters in the night. It felt like Afghanistan had seen this mystery play a thousand times before.
$*BLACK RUINS* Kabul, 2005
$*BLACK RUINS* Kabul, 2005
$*YOUNG SCYTHES* Road to Mazar-i-Sharif, 2005
$*BOYS IN BLUE* Kabul, 2005
$*MAN AND DAUGHTER* Kabul, 2005
$*DAWN* Band-i-Amir, 2006
$*THE LAUNCH* Kabul, 2006
$*BARBER SHOP WINDOW* Kabul, 2006
$*FLICKING MARBLES* Kabul, 2005
$*THE STARE* Lowgar, 2005
$*BIRD SELLER* Kabul, 2005
$*SAD OWL* Kabul, 2006
$*GIRLS IN GREEN* Kabul, 2005
$*THE BULLET* Logar, 2005
$*THE HAIRDRESSER* Kabul, 2006
$*SONGBIRD* Kabul, 2006
$*WATERBOY AT THE SHRINE* Mazar-i-Sharif, 2005
$*SLINGSHOT* Kabul, 2005
$*SUNSET SCRAWL* Kabul, 2006
$*WOMAN AND MAN* Herat, 2006
$*IN THE LIGHT OF SCRIPT* Kabul, 2006
$*LOVE CART* Kabul, 2006
$*RED RIDERS* Kabul, 2006
$*ALIVE* Kabul, 2005
$*PRACTISE THE VEIL* Panjshir, 2006
$*WOMAN IN THE FRIDAY MOSQUE* Herat, 2006
$*THE KITE FLYER* Kabul, 2005
$*YOUNIS KANUNI MOSQUE* Kabul, 2006
$*THE WATCHER* Band-i-Amir, 2006
$*PUPPIES IN BABAR'S GARDENS* Kabul, 2006
$*THREE HAZARA GIRLS* Bamiyan, 2006
$*COWGIRL* Band-i-Amir, 2006
$*THE WEIGHER* Herat, 2006
$*ROOFTOP MINARETS* Kabul, 2006
$*THE BUTCHER* Kabul, 2006
$*THE WELL IN THE MOSQUE* Herat, 2006
$*MOUNTED TURKOMAN NOMAD* Kabul, 2005
$*BEAUTY* Kabul, 2005
$*BUZKASHI RIDER* Kabul, 2006
$*DELIGHT* Kabul, 2006
$*THE BOY SELLING THE STRANGE GREEN FRUIT* Kabul, 2006
$*THE VETERAN* Kabul, 2006
$*BAHKSHISH* Kabul, 2005
$*HAZARA* Bamiyan, 2006
$*STUDENT* Kabul, 2006
$*BLACK REINS ON A WHITE HORSE* Kabul, 2006
$*BUBBLEGUM* Kabul, 2006
$*KOOCHI BOY* Lowgar, 2006
$*TRIBAL ELDER* Lowgar Province, 2006
$*KOOCHI EYES* Lowgar, 2006
$*GANG OF FRIENDS* Kabul 2005
$*BIG BROTHER'S HAT* Kabul, 2006
$*KOOCHI GIRL* Lowgar, 2006
$*PASHTUN SMILE* Kabul, 2006
$*CITY OF SCREAMS* Bamiyan, 2005
$* FAMILY* Kabul, 2005
$*KIZIL* Kabul, 2006
$*SCHOOL COLOURS* Kabul, 2006
$*REARING BUSHKASHI HORSE* Kabul, 2006
$*RED STONE RING* Kabul, 2006
$*RIDING BUSHKASHI HORSES ON KABULI PLAINS* Kabul, 2006
$*HEARTS ON A PRAYER HAT* Lowgar, 2006
$*SLIDING ON THE ICE* Kabul, 2006
$* SPARKS* Kabul, 2006
$*SUNSET OVER GRAVEYARD HILL* Kabul, 2006
$*SMILE OF A WINNER* Kabul, 2006
$*BLACK SHIRT* Kabul, 2006
$*STEEL GAZE* Lowgar, 2006
$*THE GUARD TO THE RED CITY* Bamiyan, 2006
$*THE MONEY CHANGER* Kabul, 2006
$*THE RED CITY MOUNTAINS* Bamiyan, 2006
$*THE ROAD TO ISTALIF* On the Road to Istalif, 2006
$*TAJIK* Kabul, 2006
$*TALEB* Herat, 2006
$*THE BUTCHER EATING ICE CREAM* Herat, 2006
$*THE COCK FIGHTER* Kabul, 2006
$*THE GRAPE SELLERS* Herat, 2006
$*TOUGH* Kabul, 2006
$*WAR DEMON* Lowgar, 2005
 
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