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  • Wasteland at the back of shops used as stabling for draught horses. In the distance is the Bala Hissar citadel, now home to an Afghan army base and mooring for one of the American blimps that carry electronic surveillance gear and cameras.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • A de-mining team from the Mine Detection Centre in Kabul with a member of the German Police who is mentoring them.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • The crew and ground staff of the new independent operator, ‘Safi Airways’.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Afghan Police being trained by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Afghan police trainees being taken to the firing ranges by US Marines, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Accommodation units, known as ‘pods’, for lower ranking diplomats of the British Embassy.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Watchtowers on the perimeter of Camp Bastion.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • A shaded rest area built by helicoptor re-fuelling crews at Camp Bastion.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Security lights and communications antennae at Camp Leatherneck.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • The seemingly endless number of helicopter pads and hangars at Camp Bastion.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Some of the nonsensical property development taking place in Kabul. The district of the city, Karte Char Chateh, is remembered by Kabulis as part of the bazaar which was burned by the British in 1842 as collective punishment for the killing of the British

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • One of the huge logistics compounds at Camp Leatherneck. A modern, technological army needs hundreds of thousands of different kinds of objects in order to keep it working. A $100m warplane can be grounded for the want of a $1 part. Supplying these things

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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