Afghanistan Under The Taliban

An Afghan man wearing a lungee turban and patoo shawl, the barrel of his rifle held between his hands, with similarly dressed men in the background, Afghanistan, 1996. Afghanistan is under the rule of the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist group that entered the country's second-largest city, Kandahar, in November 1994; taking control of the country in September 1996 with the capture of the capital, Kabul. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)