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Chris Steele-Perkins 

August 2021 has brought daily news alerts on the Taliban's rapid advance in taking over territory unhindered by Afghan government troops. In mid-August, U.S. officials estimated Kabul could fall in less than a month. Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins recalls that in 1996 it seemed the capital fell overnight to the Taliban.

He provides a blueprint in documentary photography of what's to come in Afghanistan with his coverage throughout the 1990s. These images taken from 1994 to 1998 document the destruction of Kabul, residents turned to refugees and women receding into the background.

Steele-Perkins'... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Taliban fighters move against Masood's forces. 1996.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1995

AFGHANISTAN. Group of Taliban fighters outside Kabul. 1995. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Kabul. Jalalabad. Registration of newly arrived refugees from... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Forces opposed to the Taliban North of Kabul. 1996.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Government forces move towards Kabul, only to be... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

Afghanistan. Forces of warlord General Dostum on their way to... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

Afghanistan. North of kabul. Firing R.P.G. at the Taliban. 1996.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1995

AFGHANISTAN. Group of Taliban fighters outside Kabul. 1995. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1995

AFGHANISTAN. National game of BUSKASHI north of Kabul. 1995. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Afghanistan. Kabul. Jalalabad. Part of New Hadar camp for people... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1995

AFGHANISTAN. Destruction of Kabul. 1995. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1995

AFGHANISTAN. Rocket attack victim in hospital, Kabul. 1995. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. The Taliban have lost a lot of support since they... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Refugees from the fighting around Kabul outside... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

Afghanistan. Kabul. Taliban's visit zoo. 1996 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Displaced families live in empty schools in overcrowded, smoky,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Children play in old Russian built suburb. Kabul.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Mujahadeen play volleyball in a park. 1994. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

Afghanistan. Harvesting. 1996. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Afghanistan. Kabul. Woman whose home has been destroyed. 1996.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

Afghanistan. War wounded being treated in makeshift clinic. 1996.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Taliban taken prisoner praying. 1996. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Taliban fighters take refuge behind armour as they... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

Despite the war, traditions remain strong, and a middle class... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Men praying. 1996 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1998

AFGHANISTAN. Kandahar. A female doctor uncovers her face inside,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. Trying out artificial limbs at ICRC clinic... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1996

AFGHANISTAN. Schoolgirls in Mazar Sharif. In Taliban areas girls... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1994

AFGHANSITAN. Kabul. Women in Bourkas. In the background is destruction... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1998

Afghanistan. Rebuilding market in Taloquan after bombing by Taliban... 
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