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Having tea with a Talib in a chai khana beyond Sabzak Pass en route to Qala-e-Now. Badghis Province, Afghanistan, 29 March 2001...To facilitate a report on the drought that had affected the entire north-west of the country, the Taliban leadership in Kandahar agreed that, contrary to its normal policy, I should be allowed to photograph people, i.e. those in distress. ..In a contested area beyond the Sabzak Pass where Dostum's Uzbek forces had been plundering what few resources the starving people still had, the Taliban offered some kind of protection. At the entrance to Murghab Canyon the Taliban lent us one of the wheels of their Hilux SUV. With two flat tires we would not have been able to make our way deep into the canyon to meet the people marooned there and now fighting for their lives. . (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Daniel Schwartz)