Ghorbond, Afghanistan.
October 18, 2001
Northern Alliance soldiers look down onto the Taliban-controlled village of Ghorbond.
The rocky terrain made transport of solders and their equipment a challenge.
Also problematic was the condition of the defenders’ weapons, many of which
were liberated from the Russians during and after their failed occupation in
the 1980s. That war cursed Afghanistan with more land mines than any country
on earth, a terrible legacy that will continue to kill and maim civilians for
years to come.
Photograph: 2004 Tyler Hicks from Histories Are Mirrors (Umbrage, 2004)
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Shebertoo,
Afghanistan. December 5, 2001
Abdul Hussain, who had returned to
his Shebertoo village once the war ended, feared that his
two-year old son would soon die. As cold weather set in
and food was in short supply, many Hazara tribespeople
living in Shebertoo faced a bleak and difficult winter.
Photograph: 2004 Tyler Hicks from Histories Are Mirrors (Umbrage, 2004)
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