Steve McCurry's Afghanistan – in pictures
Afghanistan, published by Taschen later this month, is a retrospective portfolio of the Magnum photographer Steve McCurry’s most striking images of the country, from 1979 to 2016
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Bamiyan province, 2006
A man rides a donkey through the desert -
Faryab province, 1992
A widow reduced to begging comes out of a restaurant having just received money from a patron. With many men killed in the war, this once rare sight has become all too common. -
Kunar province, 1980
Armed mujahideen carry animal skins to use as inflatable buoys to cross rapids. -
Kabul, 2016
A group of Afghan girls juggle tennis balls in the streets of the capital. -
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Kabul, 1992
A mother holds her two-year-old son, who was grazed by a stray bullet, at Karte Seh surgical hospital. -
Logar province, 1984
Three mujahideen on a mountain in the Hindu Kush range. -
Peshawar, Pakistan, 2002
An Afghan refugee girl in a green headscarf. -
Nuristan province, 1992
A young village boy in northern Afghanistan. -
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Steve’s book is a retrospective collection of images from 1979 to 2016 published by Taschen
Photograph: Steve McCurry/Taschen
