Afghanistan, 1996

A group of Afghan man wearing lungee turbans and pakols, with AK-47 assault rifles, and one with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, in 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, before taking control of the country in September 1996 with the capture of the capital, Kabul. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)