A lot can change in 16 years. But not in Afghanistan. These photos were taken by Seamus Murphy in 1994 and 2010. Even though the Taliban era is over by now, the place still looks like back in the old times.
1994, Kabul, a Mujahedeen looks at Jade Maiwand in the old part of Kabul.
Same Jade Maiwand in 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. June 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. June 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. June 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. July 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. July 2010.
Bullet hole in a school blackboard at Shafaq High School in the frontline village of Ghulam Ali, Parwan province. November 2001.
A girl does algebra at a blackboard at Shafaq High School in the village of Ghulam Ali, Parwan province. July 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. July 2010.
Brothers Farhad, Farhuddin and Abdul Shapoor of the Ba Deli family, who live on Shor Bazar, in Kabul's Old City. 1994.
Farhad and Farhuddin of the Ba Deli family, back at their original home on Shor Bazar, in Kabul's Old City. 2010.
Internally displaced families as a result of the fighting between Taliban and Massoud's forces, Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar province. November 2000.
Internally displaced people as a result of the fighting in Helmand between Taliban and Coalition forces. July 2010.
Kabul. November 1994.
Kabul. June 2010.
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Good point Dreth!
Now = still crap
You know, I knew there had to be at least one pompous European douche-bag spewing his uninformed opinion. Not every American is in complete agreement with the current foreign policy. So why don't you get off of your high horse and go fuck yourself.
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