| Accession Number | P04578.038 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base |
| Maker |
Dupont, Stephen |
| Place made | Afghanistan: Parwan Province, Bagram |
| Date made | 1998 |
| Conflict |
Afghanistan, 2001-2021 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Informal portrait of a Mujahideen fighter standing in front of a wall riddled with bullet holes, ...
Description
Informal portrait of a Mujahideen fighter standing in front of a wall riddled with bullet holes, near the front lines, during fighting against the Taliban. Each of his arms has been amputated at the elbow and replaced with a prosthesis. He is holding a Soviet Kalashnikov AKM rifle and wearing a Soviet army belt, presumably captured during the Mujahideen's ten-year resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. He wears the traditional wool pakol hat favoured by many Afghan resistance fighters.