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ARGHANDAB DISTRICT | KANDAHAR | AFGHANISTAN | 3/1/21 | An RPG grenade shot by the Taliban into the Arghandab district center has shattered the windows of multiple shops in the main square of the town, once a bustling place for tourists and residents of the districts.
KABUL | KABUL | AFGHANISTAN | 2/6/21 | Foroohar (19) decorates their living room in preparation for a surprise birthday party for her younger sister, Farangis. The family has arrange for friends and relatives, all women, to come together before Farangis make an entrance. In the last 20 years, an entire generation of largely urban Afghans have grown up with all the basic liberties that the Taliban had erased during the rulings in the 90s. Now they are gripped by fear that all those rights they've gained could be at risk.
NALIJ | DAIKUNDI | AFGHANISTAN | 3/21/21 | On the first day of Spring, residents of Nalij village host a massive Now Rouz celebration that attracts thousands of people from neighboring villages and districts. This year, at the start of a new century (1400) the organizers estimated that between 8 to 10 thousand people attended the celebration. Hosting the celebration has been a tradition of Nalij village for so long, that no one knows when it started first. Some say it has been held over 100 year. Men and women dressed in their best outfits wearing make up, arrive in remote village of Nalij village in Miramoor district of Daikundi. During the Taliban rule, Now Rouz was banned and considered an "ancient pagan holiday centered on fire worship." While historically, extremist organizations have planned disruptive activities and attacks targeting the large gatherings during the annual Now Rouz celebration, Nalij village located in a remote area of Daikundi province in Central Highland has remained untouched.
KABUL | KABUL | AFGHANISTAN | 2/6/22 | Latifa (55) stands outside of her home, clay wall and plastic as the roof, in Qala-i Wahed neighborhood of Kabul while her grandchildren look out through the window. The family were given refuge on a land after they were displaced from their home province of Parwan and have built a make-shift home from mud, plastic and fabric. The roof of the house collapsed last year after a heavy snowfall.
ZARDSANG BAAM SARAI | BAMIAN | AFGHANISTAN | 9/2/19 |
KABUL | KABUL | AFGHANISTAN | 5/20/22 | The only female presence on Wazir Akbar Khan hill, was 12 year old Nazila who was selling bolani (a afghan snack, fried bread stuffed with either potatoes or leeks) to visitors of the park, mostly Taliban fighters.
KHOST | KHOST | AFGHANISTAN | 6/22/20 | After a simple hug as a goodbye, Zala broke into tears and ran to her mothers to seek comfort in her arms. As her mother took a couple steps to board the taxi, Zala’s lonely reality finally seemed to hit her. After two weeks with Zala in Khost, it was time for her mother to return home to Kabul.
HERAT | AFGHANISTAN | 4/7/19 | Nafas (20) and another prisoner play climb the entrance gate to release the volleyball ball that was stuck in the barbed wire while the girls were playing in the courtyard.
ZARANJ | NIMROOZ | AFGHANISTAN | 2/21/22 |
KABUL | AFGHANISTAN | 8/5/18 | Zarina (14) plays with her friends and neighbors at marastoon's playground. Zarina is often quiet and doesn't express her feelings but she has enormous amount of rage against her mother. Qalam Nesa, who has survived three attacks as a child, that she recalls as “airplanes dropping bombs”, suffers from an undiagnosed, yet, extreme mental disorder. She was first married off when she was 13 and has been married twice more since then. She has good days and bad days. On her good days, she’s active, sings, dances, sews and goes out. On her bad days, she sits in a corner and cries non-stop, starts a fight with other women or her kids at the house or the staff at marastoon.
KABUL | KABUL | AFGHANISTAN | 5/10/21 | Two days after a powerful triple explosions outside a high school in western Kabul killed at least 86 people and wounded over 160 more, families and friends visit their graveside on Tappe Shuhada (martyr's hill) where 18 bodies from the attack were buried. Almost all of them were any of them teenage girls, aged 11 to 18, leaving their classrooms.
KHALID IBN WALID | BADAKHSHAN | AFGHANISTAN | 4/8/21 | Hafiza (70) pose for a portrait in her small home, revealing the open wound on her throat, that doctors believe was formed because of grieve. The family, from Palang Darra area of Yaftal Bala, an area that is now fully controlled by Taliban, were forced to leave their home and seek refuge outside of Faizabad. Four of Hafiza's sons took different paths in life. Her oldest son, Hamidullah (46) (pictured here) who had fought along Rabbani forces during the 90s, has now joined a militia group. Mullah Nourollah (44), who was formerly a teacher, joined Taliban 1.5 years back. Rahmatullah (33) and Zainuddin (27) joined ANA forces. Hafiza took a long journey alone back to her village in Palang Darra to beg the Taliban commander to spare Mullah Nourollah and let him go home with her. He replied: "You've given two sons to the government and one to militia, this one will be ours."

Kiana Hayeri

Photographer

Afghanistan

Conflict: Afghanistan

Photo exhibition by Kiana Hayeri
Bosnian Cultural Center 4.-10. July 2022.

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