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Afghanistan: Showing the Taliban
By Will last year, at the end of May, No Comments; be the first!
I confess an interest in Afghanistan. When I was growing up, I read devoured any books about war, and inevitably lots about the Soviet invasion and the Mujahideen. The Taliban’s medieval militancy fascinated me too, and last year I skipped through Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, an extraordinary tale that I can’t recommend highly enough. Meeting and interviewing the Afghanistan cricket team in South Africa brought some cracking tales, too, from a bunch of players desperate to prove their country aren’t just full of suicide bombers.
So, I’m always interested reading about war-torn countries from the front line, and Reuters’ blog is just about the best going for in-depth, occasionally quirky insights from all walks of life, but especially Afghanistan and Iraq. Their photographers are slap, bang in the thick of it – it’s required reading for anyone vaguely interested in photography and journalism.
Their latest is by Masum Ghar in Kandahar Province, whose final photo is a corker:
Cricket camp in Afghanistan
By Will last year, at the start of May, 2 Comments »
As you may or may not have read, I recently interviewed Matthew Fleming on the eve of his MCC-affiliated trip to Afghanistan to unveil new pitches, as well as provide equipment to rural villages. Leslie Knott, who is the producer of a film called Out of the Ashes covering Afghanistan’s rise, has been in regular touch with some fabulous photos from the camp, and I thought you’d like to see them below.
All photos are copyright Leslie Knott 2009. If you want to link to them or purchase others, please contact me and I’ll put you in touch with Leslie. Kindly don’t lift them straight from the blog
