Kabul Under Taliban Attack


  • Photographer
    Rafael Sanchez Fabres
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    freelancer
  • Date of Photograph
    14-11-2011

Early in the morning on Tuesday 13th of September, 2011 a Taliban squad overtook a building under construction in the Green Zone in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan. From there, insurgents armed with RPG grenade launchers and machine guns opened fire on the U.S. Embassy. The fighting raged throughout the afternoon and into the next day, when special troops from mostly Afghan forces put an end to the 20-hour siege. The assault, occurring just days after the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, left seventeen civilians and six NATO soldiers injured and four police officers, four civilians, three coalition soldiers and all eleven insurgent attackers dead. It was one of the longest lasting and boldest Taliban offensives since the beginning of the occupation by U.S. forces in the country. In the face of the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. forces in 2014, this alarming wake up call demonstrates Taliban resolve to win back power in Afghanistan.

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