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Seamus Murphy AWP / Newsweek / The New York Times Magazine
"Afghanistan's Search for Peace"





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"Hazara Wedding" An exuberant dancer at a Hazara wedding in Kabul. Hazaras are believed to have originated from the Mongol invasions of Genghis Khan. Being Shia Muslims, they were amongst the worst victims of the Taliban. It was in the Hazara heartland of Bamiyan, , in a display of religious intolerance, the Taliban destroyed the giant Buddha August 2004
 

 

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