1. khyber pass (2000)

getting across the border from pakistan

2. between quala-i-now and herat (2000)

two taliban on the way to herat

3. kabul (2000)

kids in a kabul neighbourhood

4. on the outskirts of kabul (2000)

two guards are patroulling the hills.

5. kabul (2000)

the bodyguard of the minister of interiour affairs.
he just spent time in prison for hitting a man

6. kabul (2000)

portrait of the bodyguard

7. bamian (2000)

this 55 meter high buddha statue was carved
into the mountain side between the 3rd and 4th
century a.d. by king kanishka . the taliban
used the site as a shooting target, calling it 'unislamic'

8. near bamian (2000)

kids in front of their village.

9. on the road to quala-i-now (2000)

people travel in the back of a truck
after their jeep broke down

10. on the road to quala-i-now (2000)

up into the mountains on the back of a truck

11. on the road to herat (2000)

two taliban while their driver is fixing the car

12. quala-i-now (2000)

arriving in a desert town

13. herat (2000)

one of the famous minarets of herat,
seen through a hole in the wall of another
minaret. the hole was caused by the impact
of a missile. only five of the formerly 11
minarets are still standing today

14. herat (2000)

members of the hazara tribe camp in
front of the historical minarets on
the outskirts of herat