Sammy Dallal Photographer

Essays: Kabul Afghanistan

A look at Kabul Afghanistan in June 2008

A woman's clothing flows in wind as she tries to walk against the wind in Kabul Afghanistan June 5, 2008.
  
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation runs a small school that teaches basic reading writing and arithmetic in the Murad Khane neighborhood Kabul Afghanistan June 4, 2008.
  
     
  
   
A young boy throws water on his head in the Murad Khane neighborhood, Kabul Afghanistan June 4, 2008.
   
Gul Agha, 27, a potter works out of his home in Istalif Afghanistan June 6, 2008.
     
  
   
Afghan men relax Thursday afternoon playing a card game for money, something that would have been unthinkable before the US invasion of Afghanistan.
   
Young men enjoy a Friday afternoon relaxing along a river in Istalif Afghanistan June 6, 2008.
     
  
   
  
     
  
Afghan parliament member Dr. Ramazan Bashardost, right, uses a tent outside the parliament build as his office in-order to be closer to his constituents. Bashardost is a frequent critic of the government, and plans to run for President of Afghanistan next year June 4, 2008.
   
Afghan women parliament members in session in Kabul Afghanistan June 4, 2008.
   
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation helps train craftsmen in Kabul Afghanistan June 4, 2008.
     
  
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation helps train potters from Istalif helping to revive an art that was violently discouraged by the Teliban in Kabul Afghanistan June 4, 2008.
   
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation helps women learn embroidery in the Murad Khane neighborhood, Kabul Afghanistan June 4, 2008. z