Blacksmith men in Herat

Uzbek girls

young Uzbek girls at a ceremony organized by the prominent Uzbek leader, Abdul Rashid Dostum

The unknown future of children

grimmest news comes from Afghanistan that parents are selling their children to feed themselves, here’s a recent news

Elementary school in Hazarajat

An elementary school in the district of Malistan in Ghazni province. The structure didn’t look like a school, it was a dilapidated building with a few tents outside that held several classes during the day in two shifts: morning for boys, afternoon for girls. It seems it will have an afternoon shift any longer.

A Hazara child in Ghur province

People in Afghanistan are facing starvation, children are the most vulnerable group to bear to the brunt. Many parents decided to sell their children to feed the rest of the family. Hazaras are are vulnerable at most.

Avalanche Lake in GNP

The Avalanche Lake in the Glacier National Park a little under 6 miles from the Trail of the Cedars Trailhead, located 5.5 miles east of the Lake McDonald Lodge. This is one of the lakes that opens up summer time earlier than any other places on the west side of the Glacier National Park.

Mountain Goat on the Summit

Mountain goat on the summit of Mount Aeneas

Avalanche Lake in GNP

Avalanche Lake in the Glacier National Park
The lower Avalanche gorge half a mile from Going-to-the-Sun Road in the Glacier National Park.

Afghan Female Taekwondo Fighter

Sport is a way for oppressed Afghan women to fight oppression. Noria is an 18 year old girl who returned to Afghanistan after spending half of her life as a refugee in Iran. For Noria nothing is important but self-control and patience that she tries to learn every day and then teach others. Those values are great pushing power for her and other women to carry on being involved in the sport they love and dream about being world champions for their country.

Happy International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day to all women and especially to women in Afghanistan. This game “egg-and-spoon race” has become popular in Kabul. I am not sure where does it come from, but it was new to me and my friends. This picture is taken at Afghanistan Pen Association in Kabul, in 2005.

Children of Central Afghanistan

This picture was taken in summer of 2009. I don’t understand why one of the children wearing earmuffs. It wasn’t cold as I remember.

Children in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been through decades of conflict and it become of the most dangerous places in the world for children and their mothers to live. 

Children in Afghanistan

The Alarming Rise in Afghan Forces Casualties

According to news agencies, Afghan Forces Suffered 15,000 Casualties in First 8 Months of 2016. Last year in July U.S. top commander, General John Nicholson said that Afghan forces suffering is remarkably rising since the Taliban have beefed up their attacks.

Disabled Land-mine Victim in Afghanistan

According to the Centre’s figures, the country still has over 4,500 areas, covering some 521 square kilometres of land, contaminated with mines and explosive remnants of war, despite progress in de-mining efforts. Read more here  (more…)

Victim of Landmine

Mohammad Jan lost his leg to a land mine when foraging for wood in the nearby village. According to UN Afghanistan is one of the top three most-mined countries on the planet. (more…)

Karte Sakhi Neighborhood Prepares for Muharram

Donkey as Means of Transportation in Central Afghanistan

Woman Spinning Wool

In winter of 2008, I walked through Hazarajat (the Central highlands of Afghanistan) with a friend who wanted to make a documentary. We stayed at this family’s house which I think located at dry valley called “dare sofla,” in Ashtarlay district, in Daykundi province. (more…)

Illiteracy and Poverty: The Struggle of Afghan Women

I took this photo in the spring 2008. I assume it was sometime in April, just a few weeks after the Kuchi attacks the Hazaras in Behsud district. I was assigned to document the devastation and the aftermath of the attacks. This is one of those pictures that I found in my archive today. All houses and huts were set on fire and nothing left behind except black walls and ruins.