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God Willing

 
Afghanistan

It’s hard to capture how much it changed me as a person. Posted there in 2005, aged 28, I was suddenly part of an international push to counter the Taliban and rebuild a ruined country.

It’s hard to capture how much it changed me as a person. Posted there in 2005, aged 28, I was suddenly part of an international push to counter the Taliban and rebuild a ruined country.

Afghanistan

Faced with the rubble of decades of conflict, I witnessed the scale of military might now brought to bear. What could it not accomplish?
Crumbling forts, towering minarets, a sea of poppies, rivers in the desert, phosphorescent sands and helicopters in the night. It felt like Afghanistan had seen this mystery play a thousand times before.
$*BLACK RUINS* Kabul, 2005
$*BLACK RUINS* Kabul, 2005
$*YOUNG SCYTHES* Road to Mazar-i-Sharif, 2005
$*BOYS IN BLUE* Kabul, 2005
$*MAN AND DAUGHTER* Kabul, 2005
$*DAWN* Band-i-Amir, 2006
$*THE LAUNCH* Kabul, 2006
$*BARBER SHOP WINDOW* Kabul, 2006
$*FLICKING MARBLES* Kabul, 2005
$*SLINGSHOT* Kabul, 2005
$*BIRD SELLER* Kabul, 2005
$*Sad Owl* Kabul, 2006
$*THE HAIRDRESSER* Kabul, 2006
$*SONGBIRD* Kabul, 2006
$*IN THE LIGHT OF SCRIPT* Kabul, 2006
$*LOVE CART* Kabul, 2006
$*GIRLS IN GREEN* Kabul, 2005
$*THE BULLET* Logar, 2005
$*WATERBOY AT THE SHRINE* Mazar-i-Sharif, 2005
$*THE STARE* Lowgar, 2005
$*SUNSET SCRAWL* Kabul, 2006
$*WOMAN AND MAN* Herat, 2006
$*RED RIDERS* Kabul, 2006
$*THE RUG SELLER* Kabul, 2005
$*WOMAN IN THE FRIDAY MOSQUE* Herat, 2006
$*THE PAUSE* Lowgar, 2006
$*PRACTISE THE VEIL* Panjshir, 2006
$*YOUNIS KANUNI MOSQUE* Kabul, 2006
$*SUFFERING SEEN* Bamiyan Province, 2006
$*THE BUTCHER* Kabul, 2006
$*SHANDIZ BAKERY* Kabul, 2006
$*DAWN AT THE LAKE* Band-I-Amir, 2006
$*THREE HAZARA GIRLS* Bamiyan, 2006
$*COWGIRL* Band-i-Amir, 2006
$*THE COCK FIGHTER* Kabul, 2006
$*Children Under The Bala Hissar* Kabul, 2006
$*THE WELL IN THE MOSQUE* Herat, 2006
$*THE BOY SELLING THE STRANGE GREEN FRUIT* Kabul, 2006
$*GHULAB THE GARDENER* Kabul, 2005
$*THE ROAD TO ISTALIF* On the Road to Istalif, 2006
$*The Kite Flyer* KABUL, 2005
$*DELIGHT* Kabul, 2006
$*KOOCHI BOY* Lowgar, 2006
$*HAZARA* Bamiyan, 2006
$*STUDENT* Kabul, 2006
$*White Horse And Rider On The Omar Road* Kabul, 2005
$*BUBBLEGUM* Kabul, 2006
$*BUZKASHI RIDER* Kabul, 2006
$*WARM IN A PATU* Kabul, 2006
$*BOY WITH A RED BASKET* Kabul, 2005
$*TALEB* Herat, 2006
$*THE GRAPE SELLERS* Herat, 2006
$*THE CARPET SELLER* Kabul, 2006
$*HEARTS ON A PRAYER HAT* Lowgar, 2006
$*CITY OF SCREAMS* Bamiyan, 2005
$*SLIDING ON THE ICE* Kabul, 2006
$*REARING BUSHKASHI HORSE* Kabul, 2006
$*STEEL GAZE* Lowgar, 2006
$*BIG BROTHER'S HAT* Kabul, 2006
$*SUNSET OVER GRAVEYARD HILL* Kabul, 2006
$* SPARKS* Kabul, 2006
$*Parasol* Kabul, 2006
$*THE GUARD TO THE RED CITY* Bamiyan, 2006
$*THE RED CITY MOUNTAINS* Bamiyan, 2006
$*MOUNTED TURKOMAN NOMAD* Kabul, 2005
$*GREYBEARD* Kabul, 2006
$*BERRY DRINK* Herat, 2006
$*WAR DEMON* Lowgar, 2005
$*THE VETERAN* Kabul, 2006
$*HOUSES FROM THE AIR* Flying over Lowgar Province, 2005
$*RED STONE RING* Kabul, 2006
$*KOOCHI GIRL* Lowgar, 2006
$*THE BOY FROM JALALABAD* Kabul, 2005
$*THE MONEY CHANGER* Kabul, 2006
$*SCHOOL COLOURS* Kabul, 2006
$*The Bike And The Bus* Kabul, 2005
 
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