Night fighting around Kabul. After the mujahideen swept in and took power, they soon split into factions and fought for control of the city. Afghanistan 1992 

Mujahideen checkpoint on the outskirts of Kabul after their takeover. Afghanistan 1992

Mujahideen guerrilla from Hezbi Islami faction with his AK47 rifle on the streets of Kabul soon after their takeover. Afghanistan 1992

Mujahideen and their tanks take over Kabul. Afghanistan 1992

Mujahideen guerrillas guard the airfield and Russian MIG fighter jets on the outskirts of Kabul after their takeover. Afghanistan 1992

A man with dove sits at his shop on Chicken St in Kabul. Afghanistan 1992

Mujahideen disappear into a side ally in Kabul next to an 'acid shop' leftover from the 1970s hippy trail. Afghanistan 1992

Men wash their feet and hands before entering mosque in Kabul. Afghanistan 1992

Men pray in a mosque in Kabul soon after the Mujahideen takeover. Afghanistan 1992

Mujahideen Commander Ahmed Shah Masood at a press conference in Kabul announces victory: "welcome to free and Islamic Afghanistan". 1992

Market scene on Chicken St in Kabul soon after the mujahideen takeover. Afghanistan 1992

Taxi driver in Kabul, soon after the mujahideen takeover. Afghanistan 1992

Men smoke hashish on the streets of Kabul during fighting between mujahideen factions. Afghanistan 1992

Women walk outside the blue mosque in Mazar e Sharif in this accidental double exposure. Afghanistan 1992

Men surrounded by white doves at the blue mosque of Mazar e Sharif. Afghanistan 1992

Women take in the view of the Bamiyan valley from atop the Shari I Gholghola (the “city of screams”), so named for when Genghis Khan destroyed Bamiyan and it was the last refuge. Afghanistan 2013

School girls walk past sandbags and blast walls on their way to school in Kabul during the period of NATO control. Afghanistan 2013

A newly unearthed Buddha figure dug up by archaeologists in Mes Aynak. This was once the site of a thriving Buddhist settlement between the 5th - 10th century CE. It produced fine copper products for the Silk Route. The archeological site is now under threat from a Chinese mine and Taliban forces. Mes Aynak, Afghanistan 2013

View from General Abdul Rashid Dostum's fortress near Mazar e Sharif. Afghanistan 1992

Soldier belonging to General Abdul Rashid Dostum's Uzbek militia at his fortress outside Mazar e Sharif. Afghanistan 1992

A US soldier watches the streets from his Bronco vehicle, part of a Guam Battalion mission of "guardian angels" to transport and guard contractors working with Afghan forces. Kabul, Afghanistan 2013

View over the Bamiyan valley from the niche behind the "big Buddha's" head. Bamiyan, Afghanistan 2013

Workers on scaffolding preserve and repair what they can from the destruction of the "big Buddha" by the Taliban in 2001. This is where the colossal statue once stood. Bamiyan, Afghanistan 2013

Dusk falls over the Bamiyan valley and the "little Buddha". Bamiyan, Afghanistan 2013