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The United Front – Jamiat and other Alliance Troops
Collection of photos by A. Raffaele Ciriello (taken in 1995 & 1996)
Inside a UAZ 4×4 vehicle in Salang PassHazara fighters in BamiyanOn board a Soviet-made MI8 helicopter on a flight to BamiyanBagram Air Base: taking care of an ammunition loadTeenager mujahed in Bamiyan
On the background, the not-so-far mountain group of Salang Pass1995, just outside Kabul towards Maidan Shar, at that time held by Taliban militiaResting Mujaheddin in Sha-Re-Nau district, KabulThe guardian of a T-62 tanks parking in KabulGreeting Commander Masoud in EstalefKabul, 1995: Government Special ForcesT-62 tank in Salang Pass. At that time Jamiat-e Islami was clashing in Salang Pass with Jumbush-e Melli troops.South of Charikar, Winter 1996: the commander of a rocket launcher post, in front line close vicinity.