National Geographic / Magnum Photos
01 November, 1984
Members of the Farani family watch Pakistani TV in their tent in a refugee camp outside Peshawar, Pakistan. Farani, a successful Afghan businessman, and his family of six, fled the Afghan capital of Kabul for political reasons.
Steve McCurry
After graduating from Pennsylvania University, Steve McCurry worked at a newspaper for two years and then left the United States to freelance on the Indian subcontinent. The mate...
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