Dancing in a Minefield: Nightclub in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Khyber Pass, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2004
When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.” Khaled Hosseini, author of "Kiterunner" 

Between Jalalabad and Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Between Jalalabad and Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Not yet trained, Jalalabad Road, Afghanistan, 2004
 

Between Jalalabad and Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Qargha village, near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

City of ruins: Former King's Palace, Afghanistan, 2004

City of ruins: Afghanistan, 2004

Hope, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Hope, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004
Cuba's capital offers many pleasures, among them an amazing mix of architecture, Art Deco, Modernism, Neoclassicism, Colonial and Barocque famous architects like walter Gropius, Occar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe roamed once through town. Caleidoscope of People, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004
 

Meatpacking District, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Hope, Serena Hotel, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004
Cuba's capital offers many pleasures, among them an amazing mix of architecture, Art Deco, Modernism, Neoclassicism, Colonial and Barocque famous architects like walter Gropius, Occar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe roamed once through town. Serena Hotel, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Inter-cultural competence, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Instead of hippie parties: container party, Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, 2004
 

No shopping mall yet: Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan, 2004

Bird market, Kabul Bazaar, Afganistan, 2004

Bird market, Kabul Bazaar, Afganistan, 2004

Kabul Bazaar, Afganistan, 2004

Legacy of almost a half-century of war: Daily hustle of a widow, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004
 

Prayer break, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Ascent to TV Hill, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004
 

“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
 

“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
 

Architect's team, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Trying (not) to find the bad guys, ISAF patrol, Kabul Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004
 

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004

Golbahar, gateway to (almost) impenetrable Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 2004

Source of Life: Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 2004

"I am Ahmad Shad Massoud's elder brother": Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 2004

Playground, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 2004

Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, 2004

Buddha, gone, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 2004

Band-e Amir lakes, Afghanistan, 2004

Dream in Blue: Great Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan, 2004

Dream in Blue: Great Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan, 2004

Great Mosque of Herat, Afghanistan, 2004

Herat Bazaar, Afghanistan, 2004

Herat Bazaar, Afghanistan, 2004

Shrine at Gazur Gah, funerary compound of the Sufi saint Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, three kilometers northeast of Herat, Afghanistan, 2004

Martyrs' cemetary, Herat, western Afghanistan, 2004

Herat, Afghanistan, 2004
"Everythinng is complicated by the opposite team" Jean-Paul Sartre

Dark clouds over Afghanistan, already in 2004... Kabul, 2004