I spend about a month in Afghanistan doing features for polish weekly "Polityka":

- Biographical material about life of Ismael Khan, at the time the largest Afghan warlord. Man whose all life was only war: Against Soviets, against Taliban, against other warlords, and finally - against army who killed his son.

- Overland journey from Herat, by Kandajar to Kabul by what remains from old "Silk road".

- With american army in Ghazni. Feature about "hunting Talibs" in eastern Afghanistan.

- Kabul - Afghan capital in days before first free presidential elections.

FRAGMENTS:

Burned ruins of UN offices in Herat:

Ruins of eastern Kabul:

At the time, the biggest Afghan warlord - Ismael Khan "Lion of Herat".

Ismael Khan's mujahedeen:

Lukasz Czeszumski, 2004

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