Kabul

Marriage preparations. Jalalabad

A modern wedding party. Kabul  

Nasiba, 38, is due to give birth. Bamyan

Nasiba, 38, is due to give birth.  Bamyan

Bamyan hospital

Hadisa, 30, has been in a coma for  days after giving birth at home.

Said Khan, 40, at a cemetery where  his first wife is buried.

Girls back in schools that they were denied during Taliban rule.

Kabul  

Shomali valley

Afghan women part of anti-drug forces. Kabul

Hazarajat

Afghan women parliamentarians.  Kabul

Nak Bibi, 18, with her newborn twins. Badakhshan

Wakhan Corridor

Bigim, at the cemetery where two of her children are buried. Wakhan