Two senior Mujahideen loyal to General Abdul Rashid Dostum, await his news conference at the ...

Accession Number AWM2022.317.2.18
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Bohane, Ben
Place made Afghanistan: Balkh Province, Mazar-e Sharif
Date made c April 1992
Conflict Period 1990-1999
Copyright

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Description

Two senior Mujahideen loyal to General Abdul Rashid Dostum, await his news conference at the Qala-i-Jangi fortress near Mazar-e Sharif. In April 1992, the Mujahideen, various loosely-aligned Afghan opposition groups led by Commander Ahmed Shad Massoud, overthrew the pro-Soviet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), took control of Kabul and negotiated the creation of a government. One of a series of photographs taken by the Australian photojournalist, Ben Bohane, who travelled to Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif to report on the Mujahideen victory.