YUNGHI KIM PHOTOGRAPHY

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan and the War on Terror

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Flairs and particles released from US Cobra helicopter at 9,000 ft, top of Shah-e-Kot mountain ridge, where US 10th Mountain Division were keeping a watchful eye into the valley below believed to have Al Qaeda.
  
     
  
   
  
Children awed by British soldiers on foot patrol. Children were curious ofthe soldier's equipment, hair color, and routinely followed them as they did their rounds. Here, Scott Palmer, a British Paratrooper, is seen on foot patrol in West Kabul.
     
  
US Chinook helicopters in Eastern Afghanistan.
  
President of Hamid Karazi in a meeting at the palace. His conference room is outdoors.
  
Men -- some of the 10-million Afghans -- line up to vote for the first time.
     
  
Men line up to vote for the first time. 10 million Afghans voted.
  
Women in burqa wait in line to vote for the first time.
   
     
  
   
22 year old Parigul suffers from severe burns over 50% of her body from self-immolation. Pauigul tried to kill herself. Forced marriages beget domestic violence and poverty. Coupled with a lack of education, often drives women to commit suicide usually by burning themselves with cooking fuel.
  
Internally displaced families who have lived Mazlakh refugees camp near Herat.
     
  
At the market.
  
Internally displaced families who have lived Mazlakh refugees camp.
  
Villagers play Buzkashi, a classic Afghani game played with head of a goat or lamb.