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Portfolio - Afghanistan, Broken Promise 

The Afghanistan I know is a land of clashing contrasts, of raw beauty, its landscape scarred by centuries of wars fought against foreign armies and with itself. Since 2001 I have returned over and over again, with the hope of documenting the promise of peace and prosperity made by the latest invading powers. I soon realized the fragility of this promise and found Afghanistan staring at a precipice, its free fall toward anarchy gaining strength throughout the country. no longer confined to the Pashto-speaking provinces where the Taliban was born and remain entrenched.
The deteriorating security... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja, Helmand Province. March 23, 2010. US Marines... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Kandahar. March 2005. A boy covers his eyes during... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja, Helmand Province. March 2010. Marja's new... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. March 2010. Afghan soldiers carry... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Baghlan Province. 2004. A coal miner takes a shower... 

Moises Saman 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Golbahar. November 2001. Northern Alliance reinforcements... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN.Kabul.May 2005.Children play in an abandoned swimming... 

Moises Saman 2008

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. Thursday, July, 2008. 6-year-old Hasina,... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja. March 2010. US Marines kneel behind a smoke... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja, Helmand Province. March 2010. Afghan National... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Khost Province. March 2005.An American soldier seen... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja. March 2010. Local Afghans try to get a view... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja. February 25, 2010. Afghan National Army soldier... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja. February 2010. US Marines help a wounded... 

Moises Saman 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul, Afghanistan. November 2010. Afghgan children... 

Moises Saman 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Kunduz Province. October 2009. A German soldier... 

Moises Saman 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. October 2009. Afghan police arrest a protestor... 

Moises Saman 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Narghangar Province. November 2009.View of the mountanous... 

Moises Saman 2007

AFGHANISTAN.Kabul. June 2007.A fruit seller in Kabul. 

Moises Saman 2006

AFGHANISTAN.Kabul. May 2006.Children living in a former school... 

Moises Saman 2006

AFGHANISTAN.Qalat, Zabul Province.An Afghan soldier kneels next... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Gardez. May 2005. An Afghan boy plays in the ruins... 

Moises Saman 2001

AFGHANISTAN. October 2001.American bombardment of Taliban positions... 
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