A Portfolio of Images from Afghanistan
Classroom in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 2002
Allah is the mountain above the mountain, and it is He who entertains the idea — or not — of our next hour on the earth.
Girls High School, Bamiyan, 2006
This is why Afghans are reluctant to bet on tomorrow. Tomorrow is not ours to presume upon. Tomorrow is the pleasure of Allah alone.
Hazara women at grave in Bamiyan, 2007
Insha’Allah. The pervasive, overpowering feeling that is difficult to describe about Afghanistan.
Bread Vendor, Kabul, 1992
It is the stubborn and unassailable conviction – the ability to endure almost anything – that defines the Afghan soul and my fascination with it.
Father and daughter at home with folk art on the wall, Kamdesh, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 1992
It is this powerful feeling that draws me there again and again.
Herat Ruins, 1992
Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992
Former soldier in facility for mentally ill patients, Kabul, 1992
The Afghanistan Dilemma – http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/393/
