By Carl H. Peterson Copyright 2001

1. US B52 bombers have been pounding the Taleban's last northern stronghold of Kunduz...
2. while Northern Alliance fighters continue their own offensive against the town
3. The local Taleban leader in Kunduz says his forces will leave if their safety is guaranteed
4. As fighting continues, the first deliveries of aid to northern Afghanistan are delayed at the Afghan-Uzbek border
5. The United Nations says thousands of Afghan refugees are still crossing into Pakistan every day
6. The hunt for Osama Bin Laden intensifies with reports suggesting he is hiding about 128 km (80 miles) east of Kandahar
7. Afghanistan Rocket Launchers at work
8. Afghanistan From the front lines
9. Taliban prisoners of war.
10. Daily Life in Northern Afghanistan
11. Afghanistan, Northern Alliance
12. Northern Alliance mujaheddins on Salang Pass, northern side
13. Resting Mujaheddins at an ice cream shop in Sha-Re-Nau district, Kabul
14. Resting Mujaheddins at an ice cream shop in Sha-Re-Nau district, Kabul
15. Loading an ammo truck in Bagram airbase
16. Shomali plains, antiaircraft gun
17. Shomali plains, north of Kabul
18. One day in Bamiyan
19. Onboard the russian MI-8 helicopter which took me from Bagram air base, just north of Kabul, to Bamiyan, in central Afghanistan
20. Tank from anti-Taleban coalition forces
21. Baby-mujaheddin guarding the path to the strategically-located fort on top of the hill
22. Bamiyan valley, view from an elevated post
23. Bamiyan valley
24. Post just outside Bamiyan village
25. Mujaheddins downloading ammo boxes
26. Young Hazara woman in Bamiyan village
27. This fighter, reportedly a former Red Army private, shifted to the mujaheddins and converted to Islam.
28. Bamiyan valley, view
29. Jamiat-I-Islami mujaheddins with score of rocket-propelled grenades
30. Defensive post on the hills surrounding Bamiyan
31. Northern Alliance soldiers watch over a Taliban-controlled village October 18, 2001 from Ghowr Band, Afghanistan. The U.S. announced October 17 that it would provide direct aid to groups fighting the Taliban, including the Alliance. (Photo by Tyler Hicks/Getty Images)
32. Northern Alliance soldiers alert others that they have found a wounded Taliban soldier during an advance from the Bagram front line toward Kabul November 12, 2001 in Afghanistan. The attack was launched in the early afternoon from several front lines and
33. Northern Alliance soldiers drag a wounded Taliban soldier to his feet during an advance from the Bagram front line toward Kabul November 12, 2001 in Afghanistan. The attack was launched in the early afternoon from several front lines and continued until dark. The Northern Alliance suffered very light casualties and faced little
34. Northern Alliance soldiers drag a wounded Taliban soldier to his feet during an advance from the Bagram front line toward Kabul November 12, 2001 in Afghanistan. The attack was launched in the early afternoon from several front lines and continued until dark. The Northern Alliance suffered very light casualties and faced
35. Northern Alliance soldiers run for cover from gunfire from Taliban soldiers November 22, 2001 in Maidanshar, 20 miles southwest of the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan. Following a week of failed negotiations, about 500 Northern Alliance soldiers attacked the
36. Northern Alliance soldiers watch over a Taliban-controlled village October 18, 2001 from Ghowr Band, Afghanistan. The U.S. announced October 17 that it would provide direct aid to groups fighting the Taliban, including the Alliance. (Photo by Tyler
37. A Northern Alliance soldier runs for cover as bomb dropped by an American plane explodes October 22, 2001 in the Northern Alliance controlled village of Deu Saraka, Afghanistan. Following several accurate strikes along the Taliban front line of Bagram, 35 miles
38. A Northern Alliance soldier watches as U.S. fighter jets fly overhead October 22, 2001 in the Northern Alliance controlled village of Deu Saraka, Afghanistan. Moments later, following several accurate strikes along the Taliban front line of Bagram, 35 miles north of Kabul, two accidental U.S. strikes came close to a populated village,
39. Northern Alliance soldiers park a T-62 Russian tank stiring huge clouds of dust up into the air October 30, 2001 in the village of Khanjar Khil, Afghanistan. The soldiers currently have 40 shells per tank, whereas a full compliment of 70 shells would better equip the soldiers for a proper attack against the Taliban forces in
40. Taliban fighter Gholajan Armani is comforted by a friend November 25, 2001 during the surrender of the village of Maidanshar which is located approximately 30 miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The surrender occurred after a week-long, violent stand-off with Northern Alliance rebels. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
41. Soldiers from the opposition Northern Alliance, who now call themselves the United Front, carry weapons as they prepare for conflict October 1, 2001 in Iskan, northern Afghanistan. As the United States plans to launch its declared war against terrorism, the first targets are likely to be the radical Islamic Taliban militia and their "guest" Osama bin Laden. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)42An Afghan woman passes by a destroyed tank October 6, 2001 north of the capital of Kabul, Afghanistan.
43. Defectors from the radical Islamic Taliban militia rest October 17, 2001, just hours after walking overnight to defect to the opposition Northern Alliance at the Jamchi front, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. This group of ten fighters fled with their commander. As US
44. A grinning Northern Alliance soldier watching as U.S. B-52 bombers and jet fighters target positions of the Islamic Taliban militia November 2, 2001 at Bagram Front, 20 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The bombing is aimed at weakening Taliban defense forces and allowing Northern Alliance soldiers to march through Kabul. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
45. Citizens of Kabul cheer Northern Alliance fighters November 13, 2001 as the rebels ride tanks into the Afghan capital on the heel of fleeing Taliban forces. The capture of Kabul is the most significant gain for the alliance as they swept across the north of the country in the past several days. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty.
46. Ariana Airlines
47. Arg Presidential Palace
48. Kabul scene 1
49. Kabul scene 2
50. Kabul scene 3
51. A Shadow of a Mujahid
52. Brave Mujahid
53. Little Mujahid
54. Mujahid standing near a sunset
55. Mujahid holding an RPG, captured from the Russians
56. Mujahid with a Stinger
57. The Horrors of War
58. Destroyed village
59. Injured woman
60. (Victim of Russian Napalm Bomb!)
61. Injured boy with father
62. Wounded children from Kabul
63. The Earthquake of February 1998
64. Exclusive Photographs
65. Crave more Photos?
66. A. Raffaele Ciriello's Photographs on Afghanistan
67. Online Kabul Museum
68. Luke Powell's Photography (external link)
69. Yahoo! Recent News Photos (external link)
70. Sceneries, the land, sites, etc..
71. Scenery I
72. Scenery II
73. Scenery III
74. Scenery IV--Mountains
75. Scenery V--Also Mountains
76. Kabul
77. Large Kabul Street scene
78. Kabul Street scene (Street Vendors)
79. Masjid in Mazar-i-Shariff
80. Masjid in Mazar-i-Shariff
81. Gumbazee Houses (Houses with no wood)
82. Masjid in Herat
83. Alexander the Great's Fortress in Herat
84. Ancient Walls of Herat
85. Ancient ruins in Herat
86. Giant Buddha Statue in Bamiyan
87. Small Village in Bamiyan
88. An Outward Look
89. Paghman-"Takia Zafar"
90. Bridge in Panjshir
91. Beautiful Paktya scenery
92. Beautiful Kunduz scenery
93. Ancient Minaret
94. Helmand--Kalaye Bust
95. Bandi-Amir
96. Kokcha River
97. The People of Afghanistan
98. Little girls laughing
99. School children
100. Little boy
101. Little boy standing next to a rifle
102. Afghan mother and child
103. Afghan merchant and buyer
104. Afghan rug makers
105. Woman making a rug
106. Afghan Nomads
107. Injured Buzkashi player
108. Afghans sawing wood
109. Truck full of Afghans
110. Afghan farmers
111. Afghan brothers hugging
112. Melon sellers
113. Afghans at a chicken fight
114. Old Afghan Poet smelling a flower
115. Afghans Wrestling
116. Elder reading the Holy Quran
117. Afghan hunting
118. Kids with slingshots
119. Afghan shooting an arrow
120. Afghans playing music
121. Afghans praying near a mountain
122. Man with hunting bird
123. Woman making thread
124. Afghan shoe maker
125. Man selling bread
136. Buzkashi
127. Center of the Earthquake (N. Afghanistan)
128. Rescuers looking for survivors
129. A destroyed masjid that used to house over 1000 people
130. An entire village destroyed by the earthquake
131. Homes destroyed by the earthquake
132. 2 little girls who lost their entire families
133. Orphaned children
134. Animals who lost their owners
135. Afghan people waiting for aid
136. Haji Muhammad Akbar handing out donations collected at his masjid
137. A man prepares an M2-.50 caliber machinegun
138. A Marine AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter 2
139. A marine ah-1w super cobra helicopter.
140. A marine Ch- 46E Sea knight helicopter.
141.A Marine KC- 130 Hercules aircraft.
142.A member of the combined Navy and marine corps explosive ordance disposal. Bmp.
143. An Ah-1w Super cobra helicopter on the uss bonhomme Richard. Bmp
144. An AV- harrier jet 2.
145.An Av-8b Harrier jet.
146. arm the bombs of the Ah-1w cobra.
147. Bronze 1 story
148. Bronze 2 story
149. Casualties of War
150. CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter
151. Crew 1 story
152. Crew 2 story
153. Crew 3 story
154. Gunnerap
155. Helicopter
156. Major Alex G. Hetherington prepares his Super Cobra helicopter
157. Man with machine gun
158. Marine KC-130 Hercules
159. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165
160. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 187 Infantry
161. Photo 2
162. Picture 1
163. Soldiers in snow
164. Supply helicopters
165. the royal marines
166. Three men
167. US men
167. US forces
168. US soldiers outskirts of town of Gardez
169. US forces 1
170. US forces 2
171. US forces 3
172. US forces 4
173. A PMN mine exposed on a rocky hillside in Afghanistan
174. A rocky hillside minefield in Afghanistan
175. Soft ground hillside minefield
176. Prodding using the recommended procedure
177. Eminer working with a bayonet prodder in long grass
178. Skin and bones of dead animal mark a suspected minefield
179. Another suspected minefield - clothing or animal skin?
180. A 2 meter lane being cleared to define the edge of a minefield.
181. The group in the foreground are the team leader and visiting staff.
182. Anti-tank mine exposed.
183. Afghanistan is a picturesque and beautiful country.
184. Typical hard stony ground in Afghanistan - excavation for suspected mine
185. Typical hard stony ground in Afghanistan - excavation for suspected mine
186. Steep road embankment has been overgrown with thick and thorny vegetation
187. Typical irrigation canal needing mine clearance in agricultural land.
189. Edge of a minefield in grazing land.
190. Start Point marks the reference point for a surveyed minefield.
191. Minefield around ruined elevated building - foreground shows what may have been trenches during fighting.
192. Irrigation canal with steep stony sides which can be very dangerous work for deminers because stones can fall in, possibly on top of a mine
193. Thicker vegetation near a stream.
194. Low vegetation can sometimes be burnt before mine clearance, like this.
195. Mine excavation hole.
196. Clearing an irrigation canal with a back hoe excavator.
197. View from the cabin during canal clearance.
198. The observer (protected by full high velocity fragment armour) watches the back hoe to spot mines in the bucket or spoil.
199. Flat open agricultural land - easier work for deminers, though high winds can make the work uncomfortable.
200. View of fort and mosque minaret on the hill top.
201. Nomads Cleared house being re-built. The sign (we think) says "safe area". Photo courtesy of UNOCHA, Islamabad (David Edwards). 35. General view of demining on Ghazni hillside36. POM-Z mine set up as a booby trap round a blind corner in an alley way. Photo courtesy of Afghan Technical Consultants, Peshawar.
202. Deminer's work and tools alongside a house wall
203. Demining and house re-construction at the same time.
204. May move in over-night and pitch their tents in a minefield as happened here
205. Residential minefield in Khandahar.
206. Backhoe working on street clearance around mined houses. The material is removed and spread on the road for a visual check
207. Backhoe worki Residential minefield in Khandahar.
208. On street clearance around mined houses. The material is removed and spread on the road for a visual check
209. Karte Momoreen
201. Poly Tech Institute
211. Afshar Kabul
212. Poly Tech Institute
213. Afshar Kabul
014. Baghe Bala
215. Kabul City
216. Back of Poly Tech Institute
217. Poly Tech Institute
218. Khair Khana
219. Khair Khana
220. Khair Khana
221. The residential area of Poly Tech Institute
222. Paghman mountains
223. Small market in Jalraiz.
224. Some where close to Bamyan.
225. Some where between Bamyan and Maidan Shar
226. Between Bamyan and Maidan Shar
227. Still on the road. Old style trucks.
228. Bamyan
229. Three cousin drivers who work Kabul-Puli Khumri road.
230. Two of them now.
231. Rouza Mazari Sharif. My cousin, my brother and my nephews.
232. Rouza Mazari Sharif. My cousin, my brother and my nephews.
233. Some where in Bamyan. Mazar Sharif
234. Still Mazar Sharif
235. The Mazar Sharif Mosque
236. Still Mazar Sharif
237. A beautiful mountain in Bamyan.
238. A beautiful mountain in Bamyan.
239. Kotal Hunay.
240. Chopans in Kotal Honay. Top of the mountain.
241. Kotal Haji Gak