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Afghanistan Sept 2002

9/1/2021

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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.
PictureAfghan men help dig a grave for a victim of a Kabul car bombing

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Afghan men carry the victim of a car bombing
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Prayers are offered for a victim of a Kabul car bombing
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A member off the family of a man killed in a Sept 5, 2002 car bombing mourns his loss
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David Lee Longstreath is a retired wire service photographer with more than 40 years experience on assignments around the world. He currently lives in upcountry Thailand.


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  • Tales from the Trail (blog)
  • Fine Art for Sale
  • Afghanistan Diary
  • Afghan Slide Show
  • Body Snatchers
  • Brother No. 1
  • Brother No. 2
  • Forgotten War
  • Pakistan Diary
  • Tattoo Madness
  • Earthquake
  • Ladyboy
  • East Timor
  • Gulf War 1
  • Pakistan border camps
  • One Survivor
  • My World in B&W
  • 10,000 Dead
  • Thaipusam In Malaysia
  • mondo bizzaro
  • About
  • Contact
  • Mr