The Associated Press
13 December, 2001
Maryam (9) covers herself with a scarf after leaving the damaged house where she found shelter. To survive, she collects wood and plastic to sell at a market. In Kabul, years of warfare forced many residents to flee. With the city in ruins, those that remained continued a struggle to survive. In 2001, American air strikes weakened the grip of the ruling Taliban regime, and by November, opposing Northern Alliance troops captured Kabul.
Marco Di Lauro
Marco Di Lauro was born in Milan in 1970. He took his first photograph at the age of 14, during a vacation in Egypt. Thinking of becoming an art critic, he studied Italian litera...
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