Antanas

this is wonderful/to understand we needed a series like yours.

Great work.. peeping into this shattered country…

A very important series!Ty Antanas for sharing !

Thank you for such a great view of culture..

Great shots – each have their own story to tell – well done

Great series of shots, and some VERY interesting comments.

I don’t think it hurts us to see what is happening in other countries. We get a little too comfortable in our own lives.

Great job Antanas. These images are a real eye opener since they are not images we physically see in the States. The images show what war has done to their people and their country. It’s sad.

Excellent as I have been in a war and saw this sad story for real. tom

I found your pictures very intriguing, many of them represent the Afghanistan that we never see, the children smiling, the people going about their every day lives but also the devastation and the tanks and soldiers in the streets.

I cannot imagine a life like that, thank you for opening our eyes to the Afgahanistan that you’ve experienced and telling their story.

think we who are more fortunate should remember those who are less fortunate, well displayed, needs to be shown lest we forget

Thank you for sharing this with us. Something we need to see. I think that we sometimes take our lifestyle for granted. We are so fortunate and do not often get a glimpse into the lives of those who struggle.

Antanas, whatever is going in Afghanistan & other countires (you know) I feel their pain, I know what their going thru, bcs I’ve seen the war, I lived the war for 17 years, I’ve read every single one of the comments, and I see every one has a feeling except politicians.
I thank you for sharing it with RB.

its a wonderful series, the thanks to go you

A great series of shots, wonderful work

fantastic images

I read a statistic some time ago that the average age there was 24 years old and they had been at war for about 30 years, so the majority of the population has never known anything but war and the struggle to repel invaders and foreign troops.
A country in turmoil such as this needs our help, but it is not welcomed by all. Military intervention eventually puts us in the position of being the invader and our presence quickly becomes unwanted. We are losing soldiers over there as the people turn more and more against us with every accidental civilian casualty and suicide bombing.
How would WE react if foreign powers stood on our soil with guns, for whatever reason? I doubt we would be very hospitable either.
I don’t pretend to have the answer, just a prayer that they can have true peace one day.

I look at the bleakness of the surroundings and find a contrast. The people in these surroundings are going on with daily life smiling, posing for the camera (although the smile doesn’t quite light the eyes of some). There is an air of resignation and resilience in the face of adversity. I believe the human spirit will make the best of any situation and when war is a way of life you either succumb or fight. These people are both fighters(in more than one sense) and survivors. To me, it is the soldiers who appear ill at ease, tense and out of their depth.
War is a terrible thing, but it has been around since time began. We all wish to end the terrible human price paid, but there is no easy solution. War is a no win situation.

I hope I haven’t totally missed the point of your photos here, because I am ever the idealist (the ostrich with its head in the sand) and perhaps looking for positives that aren’t there, to make ‘me’ feel better.

I agree with everything you say jazzyjane. This is a powerful series from a war torn country, I don’t know how they still smile. Wonderful Antanas.

I appreciate you sharing this series with us; Excellently executed!

Thanks for giving us a look at what is going on out there!!!!

Excellent photojournalism..You have the ‘gift’!

Thank you for these. You’ve made us all think. You’ve used your wonderful talents in a way not often seen in this forum.

another world, thanks for showing us

very good indeed

wonderful work Antanas !

Very special series of photos thanx for sharing them.

Great photojournalism

Awesome works!

this is awesome work, when I am over there I don’t get to take many pic’s I wish I could but in my line of work I have to pu this 2ed.

Arturas, i lived in Tashkent during the war with Afganistan, know so much…
Worked in Military Hospital. Seen to much. But do not have any photos of this time.
Thank you for sharing here, the War is always ugly… Both sides. I lost friends too.
Spasibo sa pamiat otrasilas sdes.

Would be good to publish book. like in english too?

Well, it will good, we all need now to know what was going on there, the problem is still actual and painful…
Good luck for you, Arturas.

Amazing look at Afghanistan. It seems you captured a piece of history and many aspects of the daily life there. Looks like a beautiful but unforgiving place with people struggling to make it.

I’m so impressed, Antanas. Congratulations .