In Afghanistan, ‘Unbelievable Force of Life’

In Afghanistan, ‘Unbelievable Force of Life’

Zalmai Ahad has been photographing Afghanistan, where he was born, for almost 10 years. Few photographers, he said, want to tell the story he tells — the story of daily life.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/in-afghanistan-unbelieveable-force-of-life/

Nobody wanted to tell this story. Images from Afghanistan are always related to military action. But if you want to understand what went wrong in Afghanistan, you have to be a little more focused on the Afghan people. I wanted to show that life goes on every day — that people have hope and dreams like everywhere else.