AFGHANISTAN CHRONOTOPIA

Photographs by Simon Norfolk. Published 2002 in book form by Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport.

IN ROCKET ATTACKS ON KABUL THE ENTIRE KABUL CITY BUS FLEET - 400 VEHICLES IN TOTAL - WAS DESTROYED. THE CARCASSES OF MOST OF THE VEHICLES WHERE HAULED TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF KABUL WHERE THEY HAVE SEEN BEEN CANNABALISED FOR SPARE PARTS. 2001

Simon Norfolk (1963 – )
A GOVERNMENT BUILDING CLOSE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AT DARULAMAN, DESTROYED IN THE FIGHTING BETWEEN RABBANI AND THE HAZARAS IN THE EARLY 1990S. 2001

Simon Norfolk (1963 – )
BULLET-SCARRED APARTMENT BUILDING AND SHOPS IN THE KARTE CHAR DISTRICT OF KABUL. THIS AREA SAW FIGHTING BETWEEN HIKMETYAR AND RABBANI AND THEN BETWEEN RABBANI AND THE HAZARAS 2001

Simon Norfolk (1963 – )
FORMER TEAHOUSE IN A PARK NEXT TO THE AFGHAN EXHIBITION OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN KABUL. BALLOONS WERE ILLEGAL UNDER THE TALIBAN, BUT NOW BALLOON-SELLERS ARE COMMON ON THE STREETS PROVIDING CHEAP TREATS FOR CHILDREN 2001

Simon Norfolk (1963 – )

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