Afghanistan : `YOU ARE NOT HERE TO ENJOY YOURSELF' Welcome to Kabul, a city in thrall to the decrees, and whims, of Taliban fundamentalist mullahs

From: The Independent - London | Date: August 4, 2001| Author: WORDS MARC EPSTEIN | Copyright information

Act quick, lie low, leave quietly ... In Afghanistan under the Taliban, journalists operate like thieves. The government forbids any images of human beings or animals. So Stephan Gladieu, the photographer whose pictures accompany this article, often had to work undercover, literally, hiding his camera under a jacket. His photographs show anonymous bystanders, who won't risk punishment for having their faces published. But most of the material for this story was stolen too. After all, any news...