Afghan Girl Fall 2004

The village center was filled with men and a few boys we learned as we gathered the people to be questioned and searched in the pursuit of Taliban and insurgents.

The only female in the open was a toddler lying in a shop doorway. She was adorned in velvet and beads, bracelets and a head scarf. She did not move as her father and brother were shuffled to the end of the street with the other males.

Motionless, seemingly already beaten by life, she only moved her eyes as US soldiers moved about the market.