aina photojournalism institute

An Afghan man and his family, who returned from a refugee camp in Pakistan, sit in their tent. They now live in a returnee camp in Kabul.

A school boy peers over the back of his chair in a classroom in Kabul.

Portrait of a young Mujahadeen Soldier and his K-47 in Jalalabad

Children play hide-n-seek in the ruins in Kabul.

In a poppy field in Sheberghan, the capital city of Northern AfghanistanÕs Jowzjan Province, Afghan farmers cut their poppies.

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Massoud Hosseini

Massoud was a refugee in Iran for most of his life. While he was there, he worked for a women's culutural organization and took photographs and wrote for the weekly newsletter. He was jailed for hours in September 2003 after a gunbattle for taking photographs while on assignment for AINA Photo. Quote: "I can see my country more clearly than outsiders - I know the history, people and culture. I want to show my country as I see it.