November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - Blue burkas for sale in a Kabul burka store lined up high on the wall at the beginning of Ramadan. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - A young woman sits vigil over her baby daughter, suffering from dysentery, malnutrition and meningitis in the Indira Ghandi Children's Health Institute (Children's Hospital) in Kabul as the tiny girl reaches for her touch. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Afghanistan - Young refugee girl in minibus on the dusty and dangerous road from Kandahar to Kabul peers out the back as the driver wipes miles of dirt from the window. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
December 2001 - Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance troops loyal to one Pashtun commander wait in their truck with heavy machine gun for battle with a rival Pashtun group once aligned with the Taliban outside Maidan Shahr, about 30 kilometers south of Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
27 November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - The day after an armed Russian contingent sets up a perimeter in the center of Kabul, a refugee girl holding a baby peers out from a crush of other refugee children at the former Russian Embassy compound in Kabul, which is now a squalid refugee camp teeming with hundreds of families displaced by the war. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
December 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - A lonely boy yells in what had been a park in Kabul. In order to heat homes, all the wood has been removed from the park benches. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - Women in blue burka's buy fabric for new clothes at the Kabul bazaar during Ramadan. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
December 2001 - Bagram, Afghanistan - His gun resting by his leg, Jeremy, 21, a member of the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division, sits on his cot at Bagram Air Base after pulling guard duty and writes a letter to his wife back home. He met Elizabeth six years ago in their High School cafeteria. He has barely seen their 9-month-old son. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan refugees, a girl holds a chicken as her father searches for a ride north towards Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - Young Northern Alliance soldier, who appears to be 14-16-years-old but claims to be in his 20s, sits in front of an old artillery gun and guards the newly liberated Defense building in Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - Woman wearing blue burka in Kabul buys lipstick and other cosmetics from one of the many shops that have popped up in the city bazaar following the Taliban's route. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
11 December 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - During a private ceremony at the United States Embassy in Kabul, members of the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group hold up a sign to honor three comrades -- Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis, 39; Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Henry Petithory, 32; and Staff Sgt. Brian Cody Prosser, 28 -- killed by a misplace American bomb a few days before. Before this they hoist the first flag to fly over the United States Embassy since it was vacated in 1989. A few hours later, United States Marines officially take back the embassy and a few weeks later the official ceremony is held. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
11 December 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - During a private ceremony to honor three comrades killed by a misplace American bomb a few days before, members of the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group stand at attention while raising the first flag hoisted at the United States Embassy since it was vacated in 1989. A few hours later, United States Marines officially take back the embassy and a few weeks later the official ceremony is held. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
