Former Northern Alliance soldiers travel towards the town of Gardez March 8, 2002 in Afghanistan. Between 700 to 1,000 soldiers with 20 tanks are...
Members of the Taliban army ride atop a tank October 15, 1996 near Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban army faces opposition by the guerrillas of Ahmas...
Young girls play a game of spinning each other around in a circle on the playground of the Zhargona Ana high school February 25, 2002 in Kandahar,...
With the destroyed Buddha statue in the background, soldiers loyal to commander Mohammad Kharim Khalili go through basic training February 20, 2002...
Women begs for money on the main street of Jalalabad on April 20, 2004 in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Since the fall of the Taliban there is no law...
Northern Alliance fighters battle pro-Taliban forces November 27, 2001 in a fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, helped...
Ahmad Shah Massoud's mujahideen capture Bagram from the Taliban. Bagram is located about 60 kilometers northwest of Kabul and is a key junction...
An armed guard stops hundreds of men who are fighting after a dog fight in a slum district of Kabul December 17, 2004 in Afghanistan. Dog fighting, a...
Two Afghan men wiping down missiles ahead of loading them into the BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher which is mounted on a truck with two other men...
Taliban members at the entrance of a military camp in Herat, western on October 7, 2021 in Herat, Afghanistan. The Taliban regained control of...
Afghan beauticians paint over large photos of women on the doors of beauty salons after Taliban control across the country in Nangarhar, Afghanistan,...
Representatives of Taliban led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar , accompanied by Head of Political Office of the Taliban Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai...
Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed their return to...
Afghan security forces deployed and start operations against Taliban around Torkham border point between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Nangarhar...
Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed their return to...
The national flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban, fluttering in the wind on a flagpole in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Taliban supporter holds a flag while parading through the streets on August 15, 2023 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two years ago, the Taliban completed...
View of the taller Bamiyan Buddha statue, known as Salsal, standing in his giant niche, November, 1975. A group of tourists standing at the base are...
Convoy of British Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAPs, known as Foxhounds, works it's way through morning traffic jams in downtown Kabul...
Convoy of British Army Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAPs, known as Foxhounds, works it's way through morning traffic jams in downtown Kabul...
Former Taliban finance minister and advisor to Mullah Omar, Sayed Abdul Wasi Motasim Agha, 45 years, stands in a residence in an undisclosed city in...
Former Taliban finance minister and advisor to Mullah Omar, Sayed Abdul Wasi Motasim Agha, 45 years, sits in a residence in an undisclosed city in...
Former Taliban finance minister and advisor to Mullah Omar, Sayed Abdul Wasi Motasim Agha, 45 years, stands in a garden at a residence in an...
Former Taliban finance minister and advisor to Mullah Omar, Sayed Abdul Wasi Motasim Agha, 45 years, sits in a residence in an undisclosed city in...
On April 28, US Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, working alongside the coalition forces, launched an operation in Garmsir District....
Charlie Company troops of the US Army's 10th Mountain Division fire mortars on Taliban mountain side positions, near the town of Barg-e Matal,...
Troops from Charlie Company, the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, and soldiers of the Afghan National Army battle a fire caused by Taliban rockets...
Soldiers from Charlie Company, the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, prepare to leave Firebase Lindstrom to patrol the town of Barg-e Matal, Nuristan...
Dropped from a U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet, a 2,000-pound bomb explodes on a Taliban fighting position near the town of Barg-e Matal. When the...
Soldiers from Charlie Company, U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division return fire from Taliban insurgents positioned on a ridge-line near the town of...
Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division patrol a mountainside near the town of Barg-e Matal. When the 10th Mountain?s Charlie Company...
General Tommy R. Franks, commander in chief, US Central Command, commending a US Army 10th Mountain Division soldier for service in the fight against...
Hassina Syed, a business woman, with her two daughters Sana and Hirah at her home and business, the Gandamack Lodge Hotel. She also rents armored...
Ahmad Sidiqqi, in the laboratory that he runs, has worked at Afghan Film for many years. "During the Mujahideen years the building was attacked. I...
Noor Akor with his children Lailee Almos Jawat, 1 and a half, and Javed . Noor is not untypical of the average Afghan. He has to support his family...
Qudriya Yazdan Parast is an elected MP in the Afghan Parliament. She is photographed at home with friends who prefer not to be identified for fear of...
Young Afghan girl poses briefly for this picture in Murad Khane as she is late for class at the local primary school, where she is in third grade....
Hallid, a fish monger, has been helping out with the family business since he was 14. The fish come from rivers in the north of Kabul. It is a good...
Mrs Farzana Samimi on her talk show Banu. Farzana's show centers on problems faced by Afghan women - largely a taboo subject. Currently, for security...
Police officers and Second Lieutenants Islamiedin and Abdullah on duty. They are not permitted to talk to the press. One of the main problems for the...
Young Afghan girls Historai Sheba Rifer Soloha and Tina, 4 on a hilltop overlooking Nadir Shah and Kabul. Children have been the primary victims of...
Army guards escort a detainee at Camp X-ray, where Taliban and Al Quada detainees are being held. The detention center is a temporary holding...
Photographer Barry Iverson aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during an OP Enduring Freedom mission in the US attack on Afghanistan...
The Combat Information Center aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during an OP Enduring Freedom mission in the US attack on...
Navy Seal member providing cover for his teammates advancing on a suspected location of al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. Navy special operations forces...
Navy Seals conducting special reconnaissance on a suspected location of al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. Navy special operations forces are conducting...
Lance Cpl. Robert Devlin fr. 2nd Military Police battalion 2nd Force Service Support Group displaying restraints used for transporting detainees to...
Marine Corporal Ajmal Achekzai kneeling in prayer as he and an Anti-Taliban Force soldier prepare for a mission. Corporal Achekzai, attached to the...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Night launch of Tomahawk missile from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Op. Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Tomahawk missile launched from guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during Operation Enduring Freedom, the attack on Afghanistan's Taliban for...
Tomahawk land attack missile being launched from aboard the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones in a strike against al Qaeda terrorist...
