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Flash of green signals an oasis of cropland in arid highlands near Taloqan, Afghanistan. A mud-walled village clings to the h...
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A watermelon-seller takes his goods to Taloqan market.
The Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan. Heading east along the bed of a dried-up river.
Flying toward the Panjshir valley on a helicopter sent by Massoud.
Women in traditional costumes heading for the Taloqan market, known as Taican by Marco Polo.
In Feyzabad, like inevery other bazaar in the Middle East, basic goods make a colorful display in the bazaar.
Horses graze freely in the meadows of the foothills.
The Shah of Wakhan, said Ismail, greets his subjects with a traditional salute.
Education in the Wakhan Corridor is provided by tradition and nature.
The Corridor comes to an end: China is just over the horizon.
Women in Tradtional costumes heading for the Talqan market, known as Taican by Marco Polo
A group of proud inhabitants in the province of Takhar advance on to Taloqan.
A group of children display the skull of an Ovis poli (Polo's Sheep).
With his fellow-soldiers, an officer in the Northern Alliance poses with his daughter.
Rows of Russian armored vehicles rust in the streets and feilds of Afghanistan.
The Wakhan River in the Wakhan Corridor at sunrise. Qal' eh-ye Panjeh, Afghanistan.
The Wakhan River in the Wakhan Corridor. Qal' eh-ye Panjeh, Afghanistan.
The Wakhan River in the Wakhan Corridor. Qal' eh-ye Panjeh, Afghanistan.
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Opium smokers in Qualeh Panjah, Afghanistan.
An aerial view of farmland surrounded by mountains in Feyzabad, Afghanistan.
Massoud, theLion of Panjshir, leads his officers in evening prayer.
The sun sets beyond the mountains in Afghanistan.
The Shah of Wakhan, Said Ismail, greets his subjects with a traditional salute.
Making bread the traditional way. The ingredients are excellent wheat flour, good quality salt, and pure water.
Separating the seed from the chaff in Badakshan.
Men round up their cattle in an Afghan courtyard.
A new dawn in Feyzabad awakening from the roughness brought by years of war.
Still plentiful, sheep are one of Feyzabad's few local resources.
A girl embroiders fine silk with gold thread.
Completely veiled by her burkha, a woman takes her children to a doctor in Feyzabad, Afghanistan.
In Feyzabad, Afghanistan, like every other bazaar in the Middle East, basic goods make a colorful display in the bazaar.
Day laborers waiting to be offered work. The City of Salt: Feyzabad, Afghanistan.
A child sleeps in a hammock. Little has changed since the thirteenth century.
Troops loyal to Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, aim the cannonof an old Russian tank.
Afghani officers surrounding Massaud, a fine strategist