Kabul, Afghanistan
Ed Grazda American
Not on view
In 1980 Grazda began a project to document the "holy war" in Afghanistan fought by Mujahedin tribes against the Soviet invasion and the Communist government in Kabul. In this photograph Grazda records a barefoot man from Hazara armed with a Russian missile launcher. The seemingly pleased man effectively represents the success of the Mujahedin, who had just won control of the city after a decade of brutal guerilla warfare. Five years later, after unprecedented factional and tribal fighting, the Taliban militia took control of Afghanistan.
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