Nasim Fekrat
The World Through My Eyes
Blacksmith men in Herat
Uzbek girls
The unknown future of children
Elementary school in Hazarajat
A Hazara child in Ghur province
Avalanche Lake in GNP
Mountain Goat on the Summit
Avalanche Lake in GNP
Afghan Female Taekwondo Fighter
Happy International Women’s Day
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
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.
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…)
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.