DEATH OF A HERO
Ahmed Shah Massud
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Tribute to
a defaced city
FAREWELL MARJAN...
Marjan, the one-eyed lone
lion is no longer the king of
Kabul zoo
PICTURES from the grenade attack!
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460148 Kabul, 1995 Outside a carpet seller shop
460620 Kabul, 1995 Outside a movie theater
460426 Winter 1996
Children playing on a dismissed tank near Tagab, strategic location north of Kabul, at that time under Taleban control
460018 Kabul, 1995
Landmine victim in ICRC Orthopedic Center, Wazir Akhbar Khan Hospital
460155 Bamiyan, 1995, young Mujaheddin
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460140 Kabul, 1995 Mechanical repair shop
460247 Kabul, 1995 Refugee family just come back from Pakistan
460237 Shopkeeper with sisters
460628 Kabul, Karte Seh district
460606 Kabul, November 1996
About two hundred women / young girls - mostly war widows or head of family - were employed in this WFP (World Food Programme)-run tilery, under food-for-work regime
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460008 Kabul, 1995
More than one hundred children were taken care of in this orphanage, where they were taught also basic landmine awareness
460196 Kabul, 1995 Just out of primary school
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460335 Jabal-Seraj, November 1996 carrying an overneeded stove
460080 Kabul, 1995 Gas station with attendant
460588 Jabal Seraj, Winter 1996
460621 Kabul, mechanical repair shop
461193 Kabul, along Kabul river
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Maria Grazia Cutuli
sketch courtesy and © F.Sironi
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Farewell, good ol' Marjan...
The lone king of Kabul zoo succumbs to his age at 48, after surviving years and years of deprivations and symbolizing to kabulis the spirit of resiliency itself
Well.....that's sad news, indeed. To my eyes, Marjan symbolized hope.  However, in thinking about that dear old lion's death I choose to believe that when he heard the swoosh of kites flying over Kabul, heard the roars from the football stadium, experienced the renewed sounds of music in the air and heard the click-click of chess pieces being moved around chessboards....well, the old guy knew that there was plenty of hope around and it was okay for him to let go and fly off, amid kite strings, to wherever it is the spirits of animals go.
Peace to you Marjan and peace to Afghanistan.
[Diana Smith, via the Internet]
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