{"id":3345,"date":"2025-04-27T16:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:11:32","slug":"afghanistan-the-endless-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/afghanistan-the-endless-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The endless war"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3345\" class=\"elementor elementor-3345\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-080a223 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"080a223\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5474ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5474ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The endless war\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1123d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1123d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"autorestoria\">di Luca Catalano Gonzaga<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d93b25a elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"d93b25a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Fisarmonica. 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2016<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Surgical treatment<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c22e6 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"80c22e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/iraq-burns-and-trauma\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iraq07-768x512-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-132\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iraq07-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Iraq07-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/iraq-burns-and-trauma\/\">Nasiriyah, Iraq - 2016<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Burns and war-related traumas<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0484ebe elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0484ebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/iraq-restoring-smiles\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-768x512-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-136\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-768x512-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-768x512-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/iraq-restoring-smiles\/\">Nasiriyah, Iraq - 2016<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Restoring smiles<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d26e6 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b3d26e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/portrait-of-a-generation-at-war\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucaCG_01-768x512-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-130\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucaCG_01-768x512-1-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucaCG_01-768x512-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/portrait-of-a-generation-at-war\/\">Damascus, Syria - 2016<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Portrait of a generation at war<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1320bb4 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1320bb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/life-under-the-rubble\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_06-768x512-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-131\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_06-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_06-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/life-under-the-rubble\/\">Damascus, Syria - 2016<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Life under the rubble<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b795c82 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"b795c82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/afghanistan-the-endless-war\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-768x512-1-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-137\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-768x512-1-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-768x512-1-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/stories\/afghanistan-the-endless-war\/\">Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan - 2016<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The endless war<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b84d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b84d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><div class=\"postbox\"><div class=\"expcont\"><p><strong>Non passa giorno che l&#039;Afghanistan non \u00e8 macchiata di sangue a causa dei terroristi di attacchi, esplosioni e i conflitti tra i guerriglieri Talebani e truppe governative.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>La guerra \u00e8 come un&#039;ombra scura che va di pari passo con la vita quotidiana delle persone, che caratterizzano il loro ritmo, i tempi e le aspettative<\/strong>. L&#039;Afghanistan \u00e8 un paese molto povero, la cui economia \u00e8 basata sulla produzione di oppiacei per l&#039;esportazione, che rappresenta il 13% del PIL nazionale. Dopo decenni di guerra e di devastazione, il sistema sanitario \u00e8 completamente usurato e l&#039;accesso all&#039;assistenza sanitaria \u00e8 diventato un privilegio per pochi; c&#039;\u00e8 carenza di strutture e farmaci, in particolare nelle regioni pi\u00f9 colpite dalla violenza. La presenza di organizzazioni umanitarie che fa la differenza per la popolazione. Questo reportage \u00e8 stato girato da\u00a0<strong>Luca Catalano Gonzaga<\/strong>\u00a0nel mese di aprile 2016\u00a0<strong>Mazar-i-Sharif<\/strong>. Considerata l&#039;attuale porta nord dell&#039;Afghanistan, questa citt\u00e0 si trova al crocevia del percorso che prende il Turkmenistan, l&#039;Uzbekistan e il Tagikistan o in Asia Centrale e la Russia. Questa posizione strategica\u00a0<strong>rende un nodo per il traffico di droga che ha una grande influenza sulla politica e militare, i rapporti<\/strong>. Anche in citt\u00e0, l&#039;uso di droghe pesanti \u00e8 molto diffuso, circa 2.000 tossicodipendenti soddisfare al Parwazah Balch (la porta di Parwazah) e utilizzare shishah, il cristallo e l&#039;eroina, che iniettano in strada. Il volontario equipe chirurgica\u00a0<strong><em>Emergenza Sorrisi Onlus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0atti a Mazar-i-Sharif, l&#039;esecuzione delicato\u00a0<strong>chirurgia plastica per i bambini nati con deformit\u00e0 facciali o bruciato a causa di incidenti domestici o inesplose le ordinanze locali.\u00a0<\/strong>(testo di\u00a0<strong>Sebastiano Caputo<\/strong>).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093cb5f e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"093cb5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23675cc elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"23675cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Carosello d&#039;immagini\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_01-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Aasim accompanies his brother to a medical examination.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Aasim accompagna suo fratello per un esame medico.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_02-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Hassan, burned by the explosion of a gas cylinder oven in the kitchen, in his own house.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Hassan, bruciato dall&#039;esplosione di una bombola di gas forno in cucina, in casa sua. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_03-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Naseem has just had surgery for cleft lip.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Naseem ha appena avuto un intervento chirurgico di labbro leporino.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_04-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Raniya just had surgery for severe burns on her body.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Raniya appena avuto un intervento chirurgico per le gravi ustioni sul suo corpo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_05-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Zahira is about to undergo surgery for the severe burns on her body.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Zahira \u00e8 in procinto di sottoporsi a un intervento chirurgico per le gravi ustioni sul suo corpo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_06-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Preparation of the operating room.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Preparazione della sala operatoria.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_07-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Cleft lip surgery.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Labbro leporino la chirurgia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_08-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Hospital admissions department.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Ricoveri ospedalieri dipartimento.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"9 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_09-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. A mother caresses her son who has just undergone surgery cleft lip.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Una madre accarezza il suo figlio, che ha appena subito un intervento chirurgico di labbro leporino.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"10 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_10-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her daughter for preoperative screening before the baby undergoes surgery for her cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Madre accompagna sua figlia per preoperatoria di screening prima che il bambino viene sottoposto a un intervento chirurgico per il suo labbro leporino.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"11 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_11-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her daughter for preoperative screening before the baby undergoes surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Madre accompagna sua figlia per preoperatoria di screening prima che il bambino viene sottoposto a intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"12 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_12-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her son for preoperative screening before the child undergoes surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Madre che accompagna il figlio per preoperatoria di screening prima che il bambino viene sottoposto a intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"13 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_13-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her son for preoperative screening before the child undergoes surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Madre che accompagna il figlio per preoperatoria di screening prima che il bambino viene sottoposto a intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"14 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_14-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Parents accompany their son for preoperative screening before he undergoes surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. I genitori di accompagnare il proprio figlio per preoperatoria di screening prima che egli viene sottoposto a intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"15 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_15-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Brother and sister at preoperative screening before both undergo surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Fratello e sorella a preoperatoria di screening prima che sia sottoposto ad un intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"16 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_16-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Little girl at preoperative screening before undergoing surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Bambina a preoperatoria di screening prima di sottoporsi a un intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"17 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_17-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Father accompanies his children for preoperative screening before they both undergo surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Padre accompagna i suoi figli per preoperatoria di screening prima che sia sottoposto ad un intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"18 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_18-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Family at preoperative screening before both kids undergo surgery for cleft palate.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Aria \u00e8 un Ospedale di Insegnamento, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Famiglia preoperatoria di screening prima che sia i bambini che si sottopongono a intervento chirurgico per la palatoschisi.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"19 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_19-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Most of drug addicts return to consuming narcotics again after their rehabilitation. Lack of awareness about the hazards of using drugs make people indifferent about this dangerous phenomenon.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. La maggior parte dei tossicodipendenti di ritorno al consumo di stupefacenti, di nuovo, dopo la loro riabilitazione. La mancanza di consapevolezza circa i pericoli di uso di droghe rendere le persone indifferenti su questo pericoloso fenomeno.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"20 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_20-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The number of drug addicts has been increasing in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, because of easy access to narcotics.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Il numero di tossicodipendenti \u00e8 stato un aumento di Mazar-i-Sharif, la capitale del nord della provincia di Balkh, a causa di un facile accesso alle sostanze stupefacenti.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"21 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_21-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Afghanistan produces 90% of all opiate drugs of the world, but, until recently, it was not a major consumer. Now, out of a population of 35 million, more than a million people are addicted to drugs - proportionately the highest figure in the world.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. L&#039;Afghanistan produce il 90% di tutti i farmaci oppiacei del mondo, ma, fino a poco tempo fa, non era un grande consumatore. Ora, su una popolazione di 35 milioni di euro, pi\u00f9 di un milione di persone sono dipendenti da droghe - in proporzione la cifra pi\u00f9 alta del mondo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"22 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_22-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. In broad daylight men and teenage boys sit huddled in pairs smoking and injecting drugs.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. In pieno giorno, uomini e ragazzi adolescenti sedersi rannicchiato in coppie di fumatori e per l&#039;iniezione di droghe.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"23 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_23-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Right in the heart of the city, drug addicts gather to buy and use heroin. It&#039;s a place of misery and degradation.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Proprio nel cuore della citt\u00e0, tossicodipendenti raccogliere l&#039;acquisto e l&#039;uso di eroina. E &#039; un luogo di miseria e di degrado.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"24 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_24-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The fate of the most hardcore addicts is to sleep on the streets. Police regularly beat them up and dispere them.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Il destino dei pi\u00f9 hardcore tossicodipendenti \u00e8 a dormire per strada. Polizia regolarmente battere loro e dispere loro.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"25 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_25-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. On the streets of the city.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Per le strade della citt\u00e0.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"26 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_26-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Market in the heart of the city.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mercato nel cuore della citt\u00e0.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"27 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_27-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The Blue Mosque offers a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of Mazar-i-Sharif streets and bazaars. It is consistently quiet.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. La Moschea Blu offre una tranquilla via di fuga dal caos e dalla frenesia di Mazar-i-Sharif strade e bazar. \u00c8 sempre tranquilla.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"28 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_28-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The Blue Mosque, also known as the Shrine of Hazrat Ali.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. La Moschea Blu, conosciuta anche come Santuario di Hazrat Ali.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"29 di 29\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LCG_29-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The Blue Mosque is described as an oasis of peace thanks to the thousands of white doves surrounding the mosque. The doves flock on the trees, the roof, and the sidewalks. Legend has it the mosque is so sacred that any dove with a speck of color on its feathers will instantly become pure white after entering the mosque\u2019s vicinity.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. La Moschea Blu \u00e8 descritto come un&#039;oasi di pace grazie alle migliaia di colombe bianche che circondano la moschea. Le colombe gregge, gli alberi, i tetti, e i marciapiedi. Secondo la leggenda la moschea \u00e8 cos\u00ec sacro che qualsiasi colomba con un puntino di colore delle sue piume diventer\u00e0 immediatamente puro bianco dopo l&#039;ingresso della moschea vicinanze.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The endless war by Luca Catalano Gonzaga Part of A shameless life Iraq &#8211; 2016 Surgical treatment Nasiriyah, Iraq &#8211; 2016 Burns and war-related traumas Nasiriyah, Iraq &#8211; 2016 Restoring smiles Damascus, Syria &#8211; 2016 Portrait of a generation at war Damascus, Syria &#8211; 2016 Life under the rubble Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan &#8211; 2016 The endless war Iraq &#8211; 2016 Surgical treatment Nasiriyah, Iraq &#8211; 2016 Burns and war-related traumas Nasiriyah, Iraq &#8211; 2016 Restoring smiles Damascus, Syria &#8211; 2016 Portrait of a generation at war Damascus, Syria &#8211; 2016 Life under the rubble Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan &#8211; 2016 The endless war Not a day goes by that Afghanistan isn\u2019t stained with blood due to terrorists\u2019 attacks, explosions and conflicts between Taliban guerrillas and government troops.\u00a0War is like a dark shadow which goes along with people\u2019s daily life, characterizing their rhythm, times and expectations.\u00a0Afghanistan is a very poor country, whose economy is based on the production of opiates for export, which represents 13% of national GDP.\u00a0After decades of war and devastation, the health care system is completely worn out and access to health care has become a privilege for a few; there is shortage of equipped facilities and medicines, particularly in those regions most affected by violence.\u00a0The presence of humanitarian organizations makes the difference for the population.\u00a0This photo reportage was shot by\u00a0Luca Catalano Gonzaga\u00a0in April 2016 in\u00a0Mazar-i Sharif.\u00a0Considered as the actual northern gate of Afghanistan, this city is located at the crossroads of the route that takes to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan or to Central Asia and Russia.\u00a0This strategic position\u00a0makes it a junction for drug trafficking that greatly influences the political and military relationships.\u00a0Even in the city, the use of hard drugs is widespread; approximately 2.000 drug addicts meet at Parwazah Balch (the gate of Parwazah) and use shishah, crystal and heroin, which they inject in the street. The volunteer surgical team of\u00a0Emergenza Sorrisi Onlus\u00a0acts in Mazar-i Sharif, performing delicate\u00a0plastic surgery to children born with facial deformities or burned due to domestic accidents or unexploded ordnances.\u00a0(text by\u00a0Sebastiano Caputo). Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Aasim accompanies his brother to a medical examination. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Hassan, burned by the explosion of a gas cylinder oven in the kitchen, in his own house. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Naseem has just had surgery for cleft lip. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Raniya just had surgery for severe burns on her body. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Zahira is about to undergo surgery for the severe burns on her body. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Preparation of the operating room. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Cleft lip surgery. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Hospital admissions department. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. A mother caresses her son who has just undergone surgery cleft lip. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her daughter for preoperative screening before the baby undergoes surgery for her cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her daughter for preoperative screening before the baby undergoes surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her son for preoperative screening before the child undergoes surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Mother accompanies her son for preoperative screening before the child undergoes surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Parents accompany their son for preoperative screening before he undergoes surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Brother and sister at preoperative screening before both undergo surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Little girl at preoperative screening before undergoing surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Father accompanies his children for preoperative screening before they both undergo surgery for cleft palate. Aria Teaching Hospital, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Family at preoperative screening before both kids undergo surgery for cleft palate. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Most of drug addicts return to consuming narcotics again after their rehabilitation. Lack of awareness about the hazards of using drugs make people indifferent about this dangerous phenomenon. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The number of drug addicts has been increasing in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, because of easy access to narcotics. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Afghanistan produces 90% of all opiate drugs of the world, but, until recently, it was not a major consumer. Now, out of a population of 35 million, more than a million people are addicted to drugs &#8211; proportionately the highest figure in the world. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. In broad daylight men and teenage boys sit huddled in pairs smoking and injecting drugs. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Right in the heart of the city, drug addicts gather to buy and use heroin. It&#8217;s a place of misery and degradation. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The fate of the most hardcore addicts is to sleep on the streets. Police regularly beat them up and dispere them. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. On the streets of the city. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. Market in the heart of the city. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The Blue Mosque offers a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of Mazar-i-Sharif streets and bazaars. It is consistently quiet. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The Blue Mosque, also known as the Shrine of Hazrat Ali. Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan 2016. The Blue Mosque is described as an oasis of peace thanks to the thousands of white doves surrounding the mosque. The doves flock on the trees, the roof, and the sidewalks. Legend has it the mosque is so sacred that any dove with a speck of color on its feathers will instantly become pure white after entering the mosque\u2019s vicinity.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3345"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3345\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.witnessimage.it\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}