November 2001 - Afghanistan - Northern Alliance troops prepare their tank for battle with Taliban soldiers on the road to Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Afghanistan - Northern Alliance solder quietly waits for battle with Taliban soldiers on the road to Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Afghanistan - Morning at a deep water valley on the road from Tajikistan toward the Hindu Kush and Kabul PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Afghanistan - Uzbek fighters crossing the river border from Tajikistan to Afghanistan on a metal barge in preparation to join the fight against the Taliban. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
December 2001 - Maidan Shahr , Afghanistan - . Northern Alliance mechanized troops loyal to one Pashtun leader wait on their tank during a one-hour cease fire with a rival Pashtun group once aligned with the Taliban outside Maidan Shahr, about 30 kilometers south of Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit Roane
December 2001 - Maidan Shahr , Afghanistan - . Northern Alliance multiple rocket launcher returns fire with a rival Pashtun group once aligned with the Taliban outside Maidan Shahr, about 30 kilometers south of Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit Roane
November 2001 - Afghanistan - Morning at a deep water valley on the road from Tajikistan toward the Hindu Kush and Kabul PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
12 November 2001 - Afghanistan - Northern Alliance troops checking and stamping documents of all those entering Afghanistan over the river from Tajikistan at their base in the early evening. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
November 2001 - Toloqan,Afghanistan - Young girls and boys, some armed with guns, wait at a refugee camp north of Toloqan for Northern Alliance troops to retake their village from the Taliban. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
December 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - Young Afghan boys ride their bicycles to work in the early morning in Kabul. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane
December 2001 - Kabul, Afghanistan - A proud and affluent Afghan couple, wife wearing burka, stroll the former diplomatic area of Kabul in the early morning during Ramadan. PHOTO CREDIT : Kit R. Roane