Photo Credit:
David Guttenfelder
 
Photo Caption: 
Afghan boys play soccer in an empty and war-damaged Soviet occupation-era swimming pool in Kabul Feb. 26, 2005. After three decades of war, and attempts to rebuild this country in ruin since the fall of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan remains one of the poorest on earth.
 
Photographer's Note:
"The Promises of a War.
 
In the early years after the US-led invasion toppled the Taliban, I was photographing the ways that the post 9-11 war was transforming Afghan lives after generations of conflict.
 
I thought that the war in Afghanistan was over."