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  • A boy plays with a donkey in a Turkmen village in western Afghanistan. 120 years ago the people of a city called Mary in Turkmenistan fled conflict and settled in the desert valley just west of Herat. They chose an oasis on the road from their homeland, hoping to one day return. All the inhabitants of Shakaban still speak Turkish today. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast dessert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast dessert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast dessert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast desert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast desert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast desert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast desert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast desert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Bewaha means widow's village in Dari. 250 inhabitants live in this tiny village in western Afghanistan in Andraskar district, Herat province. Most of the women were widowed because their husbands were killed in the shady business of smuggling opium, hashish, and heroin to Mashad, Iran. Many of them lost all their sons as well in the years of conflict with the Soviets and Taliban. There are no jobs nearby, and those who can work must travel to Herat city daily, an 85 kilometer journey which costs nearly the amount one person can earn in a day. In the last three years, it is estimated that 30 of their children died. Water is scarce and unsanitary, and resources are virtually nonexistent in the vast dessert valley that is their homeland. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Boys plays with a donkey in a Turkmen village in western Afghanistan. 120 years ago the people of a city called Mary in Turkmenistan fled conflcit and settled in the desert valley just west of Herat. They chose an oasis on the road from their homeland, hoping to one day return. All the inhabitants of Shakaban still speak Turkish today. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Laborers at a brick factory just west of Herat in Afghanistan toil under the afternoon sun. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Laborers at a brick factory just west of Herat in Afghanistan toil under the afternoon sun. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Laborers at a brick factory just west of Herat in Afghanistan toil under the afternoon sun. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • Laborers at a brick factory just west of Herat in Afghanistan toil under the afternoon sun. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • A laborer at a brick factory just west of Herat in Afghanistan toils under the afternoon sun. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • On the road to Herat in Western Afghanistan By photographer Anne Holmes
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