| Accession Number | AWM2022.317.2.19 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
A guard loyal to General Abdul Rashid Dostum awaits the latter’s news conference at Qala-i-Jangi ...
Description
A guard loyal to General Abdul Rashid Dostum awaits the latter’s news conference at Qala-i-Jangi fortress near Mazar-e Sharif. He wears a reclaimed Soviet parachute suit of the defeated pro-Soviet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA). In April 1992, the Mujahideen, various loosely-aligned Afghan opposition groups led by Commander Ahmed Shad Massoud, overthrew the 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.