Oasis Mazar
During Taliban rule in Afghanistan, only the countries northern most provinces resisted the Islamists. The regional capital Mazar-I-Sharif remained an Oasis of relative freedom, for men and women alike. Fighting the Taliban just outside of Kabul, the Northern Alliance held out against attacks, keeping the Taliban away.
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photo : Klaus Reisinger
REF. K270406049
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