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In the Picture with Paula Bronstein: Afghanistan – Between Hope and Fear

Since her first assignment to Afghanistan in Autumn 2001 to document the US-led ‘Occupation Enduring Freedom’ in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, award-winning photojournalist Paula Bronstein has made the country her mission. Returning frequently to intimately document the daily lives of the Afghan people against the backdrop of a brutal and protracted war, Bronstein has captured ongoing challenges in Afghanistan – including human rights abuses against women and increased violence and instability – as well as the stirrings of new hope, including women participating in elections for the first time.

On the publication of her new book Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear, Paula Bronstein will join us in conversation with Christina Lamb to discuss her expansive work that intimately captures everyday life in Afghanistan against the backdrop of the 14-year US-led invasion and its enduring legacy.

Afghan lives ten years after the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom

Video streaming by Ustream How have the lives of the Afghan people been affected during the 10 years since the US-led invasion of  the country in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States? That was the focus of  October’s First Wednesday discussion at Frontline Club, which was hosted by Paddy O’Connell, presenter of […]