“Kandahar, in those days, shimmered with a breathless hope. Afghans,
even there in the Taliban’s former den, were overcome by the possibilities
opened up by this latest ‘revolution,’ as they referred to it.”
Sarah Chayes, “The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the
Taliban,” 2006
Kandahar, January 2006: Amusement park, pickup cricket match, wedding preparations.
(Photos: Jim Chiavelli)
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