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Afghanistan

The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?

Time

The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their …


Recent Publication

© Anne Holmes

My work on Gino Strada’s Emergency War Victim’s hospital in Kabul was recently published in on an on-line magazine called War Shooter. You can see the …


Protest by Fire

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by Anne Holmes

While I was in Afghanistan I met Hanifa, pictured above. She is nine years old. She was introduced to me by the doctor at Herat Regional Hospital …


Korean Hostages to be Freed

It looks as though the Korean hostages may be freed today after a breakthrough in talks occurred yesterday between Taliban and South Korean officials. A five-point deal was struck, …


Korean Hostage Crisis

I had dinner with a friend who has been covering the news here for three years. He had just come back from a story up north, and spent the …


In Search of Bewaha

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By Anne Holmes

While I was waiting for my Afghan visa in Delhi, a friend of mine mentioned in passing something about a widow’s village in Herat province in western …


Self-immolation in Afghanistan

by Anne Holmes

Amine, pictured above, is 16 years old. She was forced to marry at the age of 14 but has many problems with her husband and his family. …


Expulsion from Iran

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© Anne Holmes

I spent the day at the border with Iran near Herat in Western Afghanistan, observing the constant trickle of deportees arriving empty-handed. They were all men, mostly …


South Korean Hostages

The Taliban abducted 23 South Korean aid workers, 18 of whom are women, last Thursday. The group reportedly boarded a local bus in Kandahar headed for Kabul, and were …


Mine Victims

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© Anne Holmes

I spent the last few days in hospitals around Kabul taking a visual survey of the types of war injuries the capital city treats. Many of them …


Kabul

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The national Afghan football team practices at the infamous stadium where Taliban performed executions in Kabul. © Anne Holmes

I arrived in Kabul two days ago. My first impressions are …


U.S. Military Deletes AP Photos

These are the words of Col. Victor Petrenko, chief of staff to the top U.S. commander in eastern Afghanistan, as quoted in Editor and Publisher:

“”When untrained people take …