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Archive - 16 Years of the Afghan War 

Magnum Photographers 

On Monday, August 21st, President Trump announced a new strategy for US military involvement in Afghanistan.
The US has had a military presence in Afghanistan ever since covert Special Forces landed there two weeks after the September 11th attacks. The 16-year conflict has resulted in at least 88,000 deaths, 2,271 of which were members of the US military.
Magnum photographers have been documenting the conflict and its impact on civilians and troops since 2001. Here is a small edit of the large body of work they've created during this long, damaging and inconclusive war. 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Jalalabad. 2007. Lieutenant Erik Malmstrom turns... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. Marines on patrol minutes... 

Peter van Agtmael 2009

AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. A few minutes earlier,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Waigul Valley, Nuristan. 2007. A U.S. Blackhawk... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Eastern Afghanistan. 2007. Private Baird was shot,... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar. 2007. LT RILEY and his Afghan counterpart... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

AFGHANISTAN. Pech. 2007. SPC Scott JONES in the 15th month of... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

USA. Watertown, New York. 2007. Specialist Scott Jones at Fort... 

Peter van Agtmael 2007

USA. Maine. 2007. SGT Jason CRAWFORD mourns at the memorial... 

Abbas 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 2005. An American GI on a dawn patrol over... 

Abbas 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. A woman in burqah, the full islamic veil,... 

Alex Majoli 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kalakata front line, Northeast region. A Northern... 

Alex Majoli 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Dasht-e-Qala, Northeast region. Northern Alliance... 

Alex Majoli 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. A Northern Alliance soldier guarding Pakistan... 

Alex Majoli 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Dasht-e-Qala, Northeast region. Northern Alliance... 

Alex Majoli 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Jalalabad. In the intense therapy dept. This child... 

Alex Majoli 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 2001. Refugees living in the ex Russian embassy... 

Collection Larry Towell 2011

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. 2011. Taliban fighters. 

Collection Larry Towell 2011

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. 2011. Taliban fighters. 

Collection Larry Towell 2011

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. 2011. Taliban fighters. 

Collection Larry Towell 2011

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. 2011. Taliban fighters.

Collection Larry Towell 2011

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. 2011. Taliban fighters. 

Collection T. Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kandahar. 2002. Taliban portrait. 

Collection T. Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kandahar. 2002. Taliban portrait. 

Thomas Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. 2002. 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Bagram Airport, about 50 km north of Kabul. September... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. April, 2002.
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Panshir Valley, Tshabal-Saratsh September 27, 2001.... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Near Taloqan, Taloqan Province. November 13, 2001.... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN 2001/11
Takhar Province, village of Bangi Springs... 

Thomas Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. 2002. Kabul. Destroyed school. 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kunduz Province. Town of Kunduz. November 16th 2001.... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Taloqan province. Town of Taloqan. November 14th,... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Takhar Province, village of Bangi Springs near Kunduz... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kunduz. November, 2001. The morning before the Northern... 

Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Kunduz province. 2001. Northern Alliance taking... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2001

AFGHANISTAN. Takhar province. Kalakata frontline. November 12th,... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 04/2002. Afghan Army parade commemorating... 
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Thomas Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 04/2002. Hamid KARZAI. 
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Thomas Dworzak 2012

AFGHANISTAN, Helmand, 20121231. Georgian soldiers at New Years... 

Carl De Keyzer 2004

AFGHANISTAN. Road to Kabul. Mine fields. 2003. 

Carl De Keyzer 2004

AFGHANISTAN. 2003. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

AFGHANISTAN. May 2006. Hindu Kush range, Badakhshan province.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

Aerial view. Afghanistan. May 2006 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

AFGHANISTAN. Nangahar province. May 2006. A helicopter used by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

A suspect is detained after DEA and Afghan interdiction troops... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. June 2006. At dawn a woman walks though the... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Khost Province. March 2005.An American soldier seen... 

Moises Saman 2001

AFGHANISTAN. October 2001.American bombardment of Taliban positions... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Kunar Province. March 2010. Afghan soldiers carry... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja, Helmand Province. March 23, 2010. US Marines... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Kandahar. March 2005. A boy covers his eyes during... 

Moises Saman 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Marja, Helmand Province. March 2010. Marja's new... 

Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Gardez. 22/05/2005. An Afghan girl recovers from... 
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Moises Saman 2005

AFGHANISTAN. Gardez. May 2005. An Afghan boy plays in the ruins... 

Jerome Sessini 2004

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. December 2004. 
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Jerome Sessini 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Til-i-Kaimand. June 04, 2010. 
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Jerome Sessini 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Helmand province. June 4, 2010. 
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Jerome Sessini 2010

AFGHANISTAN. Helmand province. June 3, 2010. 
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Jerome Sessini 2004

IRAQ. November 18, 2004.
U.S. company of Marines nicknamed "Charly"... 
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