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20th, early 21st century > USA > Timeline in pictures

 

Afghanistan war    2001-2021

 

Taliban rule    2022

 

2001 - 2020 peace deal - 2021 withdrawal

 

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warning: graphic / distressing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ali, Taiba and their son

hiking through the jungle in Panama.

“I never wanted to leave my country,”

Taiba said.

 

Photograph: Federico Rios

 

The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway.

For thousands of Afghans,

the American withdrawal from Kabul was just the beginning of a long,

dangerous search for safety.

NYT

May 21, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/
world/americas/darien-gap-afghan-migration.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boys beg for food at a bread shop in Kabul

 

Photograph: Mohd Rasfan

AFP/Getty Images

 

The struggling shopkeepers of Afghanistan – in pictures

Nearly four months after the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan,

the country is at risk of near-universal poverty.

The economic crisis has worsened since the Taliban took over

and most Afghans live on less than $2 a day.

We take a look at the shopkeepers trying to make ends meet

G

Mon 10 Jan 2022    07.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/jan/10/
the-struggling-shopkeepers-of-afghanistan-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kabul, Afghanistan

The market area of Kabul

 

Photograph: Mohd Rasfan

AFP/Getty

 

Hungry reindeer and Hong Kong arrests: Wednesday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

G

Wed 29 Dec 2021    13.20 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2021/dec/29/
hungry-reindeer-arrests-hong-kong-wednesdays-best-photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balucha, Afghanistan

 

A girl warms up her hands

as she rests from carrying water.

 

Severe drought now gripping Afghanistan

has dramatically worsened the already desperate situation in the country

forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and live in extreme poverty.

 

Experts predict

the climate crisis is making such events more severe and frequent

 

Photograph: Mstyslav Chernov

APTwenty photographs of the week

 

The aftermath of a volcano on La Palma, winter solstice,

floods in Malaysia and unrest in DRC:

 the most striking images from around the world this week

G

Fri 24 Dec 2021    19.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/dec/24/
twenty-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kabul, Afghanistan

A Taliban fighter walks past people waiting to enter the passport office

at a checkpoint in Kabul

after Taliban authorities said that they would resume issuing travel documents

 

Photograph: Mohd Rasfan

AFP/Getty Images

 

Twenty photographs of the week

The aftermath of a volcano on La Palma, winter solstice,

floods in Malaysia and unrest in DRC:

 the most striking images from around the world this week

G

Fri 24 Dec 2021    19.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/dec/24/
twenty-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kabul, Afghanistan

 

A Taliban fighter stands guard

outside the entrance of the money exchange in Sarai Shahzada market

 

Photograph: Mohd Rasfan

AFP/Getty Images

 

Chilean celebrations and Amsterdam in lockdown: Monday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

G

Mon 20 Dec 2021    15.18 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2021/dec/20/
chilean-celebrations-and-amsterdam-in-lockdown-mondays-best-photographs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The journalists Nemat Naqdi and Taqi Daryabi on Sept. 8.

They were severely beaten

after being detained by the Taliban for covering a protest in Kabul.

 

Jim Huylebroek is a photographer from Belgium

who has been living in Kabul since 2015 and working for The Times since 2017.

His first photo book, “Afghanistan: Unsettled,”

was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

 

Inside the Fall of Kabul

NYT

December 10, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women mourned Hussein, a victim of the attack, at a mosque on Friday.

 

Photograph: Victor J. Blue

The New York Times

 

After Airport Bombing,

an Afghan Family Buries a Father, and Hope

The former police officer, from the Hazara ethnic minority,

had hoped to help his family escape the Taliban.

Instead, he is now numbered among the scores killed

at the Kabul airport.

NYT

Aug. 27, 2021    3:36 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/
world/asia/afghanistan-airport-bombing-family.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family members preparing Hussein’s body for burial.

 

Photograph: Victor J. Blue

The New York Times

 

After Airport Bombing, an Afghan Family Buries a Father, and Hope

The former police officer, from the Hazara ethnic minority,

had hoped to help his family escape the Taliban.

Instead, he is now numbered among the scores killed at the Kabul airport.

NYT

Aug. 27, 2021    3:36 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/
world/asia/afghanistan-airport-bombing-family.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruhullah, Hussein’s son, at the burial site.

After his father was killed, Ruhullah endured a terrifying night.

 

Photograph: Victor J. Blue

The New York Times

 

After Airport Bombing, an Afghan Family Buries a Father, and Hope

The former police officer, from the Hazara ethnic minority,

had hoped to help his family escape the Taliban.

Instead, he is now numbered among the scores killed at the Kabul airport.

NYT

Aug. 27, 2021    3:36 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/
world/asia/afghanistan-airport-bombing-family.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family and friends of Hussein at the burial site.

 

Photograph: Victor J. Blue

The New York Times

 

After Airport Bombing, an Afghan Family Buries a Father, and Hope

The former police officer, from the Hazara ethnic minority,

had hoped to help his family escape the Taliban.

Instead, he is now numbered among the scores killed at the Kabul airport.

NYT

Aug. 27, 2021    3:36 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/
world/asia/afghanistan-airport-bombing-family.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of Hussein’s family.

“There’s no value in our lives,” Jamil said.

“Our blood isn’t worth anything. No one cares.”

 

Photograph: Victor J. Blue

The New York Times

 

After Airport Bombing, an Afghan Family Buries a Father, and Hope

The former police officer, from the Hazara ethnic minority,

had hoped to help his family escape the Taliban.

Instead, he is now numbered among the scores killed at the Kabul airport.

NYT

Aug. 27, 2021    3:36 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/
world/asia/afghanistan-airport-bombing-family.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taliban fighters

at a news conference at the airport on Aug. 31.

 

Jim Huylebroek is a photographer from Belgium

who has been living in Kabul since 2015

and working for The Times since 2017.

His first photo book, “Afghanistan: Unsettled,”

was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

 

Inside the Fall of Kabul

NYT

December 10, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Taliban fighter walking past a beauty salon in Kabul on Wednesday.

 

Photograph: Wakil Kohsar

Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

 

What is Shariah law, and what does it mean for Afghan women?

NYT

Published Aug. 19, 2021

Updated Aug. 20, 2021, 12:34 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/article/
shariah-law-afghanistan-women.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crowds outside the main entrance of Hamid Karzai International Airport

on Aug. 16.

 

Jim Huylebroek is a photographer from Belgium

who has been living in Kabul since 2015 and working for The Times since 2017.

His first photo book, “Afghanistan: Unsettled,”

was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

 

Inside the Fall of Kabul

NYT

December 10, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taliban fighters on the outskirts of Kabul on Aug. 15

 

Jim Huylebroek is a photographer from Belgium

who has been living in Kabul since 2015 and working for The Times since 2017.

His first photo book, “Afghanistan: Unsettled,”

was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

 

Inside the Fall of Kabul

NYT

December 10, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taliban fighters on the back of a pickup truck in Kabul

on Aug. 20.

 

Jim Huylebroek is a photographer from Belgium

who has been living in Kabul since 2015 and working for The Times since 2017.

His first photo book, “Afghanistan: Unsettled,”

was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

 

Inside the Fall of Kabul

NYT

December 10, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afghan Army soldiers being evacuated from a base in Helmand Province

last spring.

 

Jim Huylebroek is a photographer from Belgium

who has been living in Kabul since 2015 and working for The Times since 2017.

His first photo book, “Afghanistan: Unsettled,”

was published in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Council.

 

Inside the Fall of Kabul

NYT

December 10, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/
magazine/fall-of-kabul-afghanistan.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia,

where many veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are buried,

in May 2018.

 

Photograph: Damon Winter

The New York Times

 

Photos From America’s Longest War

NYT

Feb. 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/
world/asia/afghanistan-war-photos-pictures.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three wounded soldiers in therapy

at a center run by the International Committee of the Red Cross,

in 2014.

 

Photograph: Bryan Denton

The New York Times

 

How Long Can the Afghan Security Forces Last on Their Own?

As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan,

it leaves behind broken and battered Afghan security forces

to defend the country from the Taliban and other threats.

NYT

April 28, 2021    Updated 12:44 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/
world/asia/afghanistan-security-forces.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American soldiers on a transport plane about to land

in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, in April 2010.

 

Photograph: Damon Winter

The New York Times

 

Photos From America’s Longest War

NYT

Feb. 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/
world/asia/afghanistan-war-photos-pictures.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President George W. Bush

with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan

during a visit to Kabul, in December 2008.

 

Photograph: Lynsey Addario

The New York Times

 

Photos From America’s Longest War

NYT

Feb. 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/
world/asia/afghanistan-war-photos-pictures.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

warning: graphic violence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On their way into Kabul, Afghanistan,

in November 2001,

Northern Alliance members

found a Taliban fighter in a ditch and killed him,

despite his pleas.

 

Photograph: Tyler Hicks

The New York Times

 

Photos From America’s Longest War

NYT

Feb. 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/
world/asia/afghanistan-war-photos-pictures.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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