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4-06-2007  Photo Collection  
Afghanistan 20 years on: endless suffering, startling resilience
This retrospective marks the 20th anniversary of the ICRC’s permanent presence in Afghanistan. It is meant to serve as a record of the unbearable suffering inflicted upon the Afghan people by 28 years of miserable war and as a tribute to their resilience.

© ICRC / Franco Pagetti / v-p-af-d-00095


Since the beginning of the armed conflict in 1980, Kabul’s industry and infrastructure have suffered terribly, and many residential areas have been almost completely destroyed − The conflict in Afghanistan has significantly intensified and spread from the south and east to the north and west since 2006. Afghan civilians are extremely vulnerable in the face of this escalation (suicide bombs, aerial bombing raids, general insecurity) as well as the recurrent natural disasters such as the recent floods and many droughts over the years. Five years after the fall of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan is today further from stability than ever.

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