The Circuit (46 page)
Authors: Bob Shepherd
Me with Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law, Mohammed Khalifa. This photograph was taken following CNN’s interview with him at his restaurant. Saudi Arabia, 2004.
My private meeting with Patcha Khan at his safe house in the dark side of Kabul. Qadeer, my good friend and interpreter for almost four years, is pictured to the far left. Kabul, 2006.
Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the radical cleric from Islamabad’s infamous Red Mosque. I took this picture prior to CNN’s interview with him. Weeks later, Ghazi and scores of others were killed when Pakistani troops stormed the mosque. Islamabad, 2007.
Me with Mullah Zaeef, former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan, following CNN’s interview with him. Kabul, 2007.
Looking for Taliban in an area of Quetta populated by Afghan refugees. Pakistan, 2007.
A Talib (student) from a
madrasah
in Quetta. Pakistan, 2007.
A Kutchi family travelling between mountain ranges. Afghanistan, 2007.
A Blackhawk helicopter coming to collect my clients and me from a US base in Kunar province. Afghanistan, 2007.
Mountain ranges surrounding the Afghan capital. Kabul, 2007.
A US military defensive position in eastern Afghanistan close to the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan. Afghanistan, 2007.
Tribal elders in Khost province. These men and others like them hold the key to winning local support for Afghanistan’s coalition-backed government. Afghanistan, 2007.
Another tragic day for coalition forces in Afghanistan. An American flag flies at half-mast to honour a fallen soldier. 2007 proved the deadliest year to date for coalition forces since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Somewhere in Afghanistan, 2007.
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