新聞人物與肖像組照金獎作品。 遺留的地雷 Landmine Legacy 1979-1989年蘇軍占領期間在阿富汗留下了不少地雷，這些地雷隱藏于公路、電力塔、橋梁、廢棄房屋等各個角落。 如今喀布爾仍是世界上埋雷最多的城市，每月平均65人踩雷身亡。阿富汗適合種植鴉片，但是大片土地因為可能藏雷不能耕種而浪費。 The Soviet occupation of the country from 1979 until the final withdrawal in 1989 saw the urban centers controlled by Soviet troops and Soviet-backed militia, locked in constant low-intensity warfare with various groups of Mujahedeen fighters.Land mines were deployed widely by both sides and hidden in every conceivable terrain. Roads, electricity pylons, bridges and abandoned houses were all heavily mined. Even the country's largest dam, Karaka, and the pylons linking the dam to Kandahar, the country's second city, were miined.Today, vast swathes of the country remain littered with an assortment of mines - from anti-personnel to anti-tank mines. Kabul is still the most heavily mined capital city in the world. Land mines kill or maim on average around 65 people per month. Recent fighting between coalition forces and Taliban fighters in the South of the country have brought a new set of mines - mainly handmade - into circulation.While opium poppy cultivation, a traditional mainstay of Afghan farming, can succeed on semi-arid terrain, large tracts of fertile land are too dangerous to farm which has caused wide-spread depopulation of the countryside. 
2010年3月9日，46歲的Noor Mahammad手持植物靠假肢站立。他是個園丁，20年前走路時踩到地雷失去一條腿。 Photo taken on March 9, 2010 shows 46-year-old Noor Mahammad stands with his prosthetic leg holding a plant. He is a gardener and lost his leg 20 years ago after walking over a landmine. The UN mine information network estimates that in Afghanistan there are 62 people killed or injured every month due to landmines.
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