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My first trip into Afghanistan was in 1998. was a step across the border at the Khyber pass checkpoint and then a step back into Pakistan while both sides guards yelled loudly at me. This time was different. The Taliban exploded a car bomb on Sept. 5, 2002, in Kabul, killing 26 people and wounding 167 more. The following day I searched the outskirts of the city and noticed some men with pick axes clawing a grave from the rocky dirt on a barren hill. I soon saw more men carrying a young victim of the attack on a rope bed along a dusty road leading to the grave. It was a very emotional scene and I wasn't about to try and sneak photos of it. So, I decided to just ask, telling the father that I would show the world what the Taliban had done to his son. He agreed.  Afghan men help dig a grave for a victim of a Kabul car bombing  Afghan men carry the victim of a car bombing  Prayers are offered for a victim of a Kabul car bombing  A member off the family of a man killed in a Sept 5, 2002 car bombing mourns his loss
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