TALIBAN by Thomas Dworzak gideonmendel 37 x 28cm / 14

37 x 28cm / 14

ISBN 978-1-907112-69-0

Australian and American POWs were among more than a quarter of a million Asians - so called romushas - forced by the Japanese to work on railways in Burma and Sumatra

In recent years

before he slipped into yet another schizophrenic nightmare

TALIBAN by Thomas Dworzak gideonmendel 37 x 28cm / 14Days after the Taliban had fled the city of Kandahar, the Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak discovered portraits of men in high heeled sandals with make up a tradition of the native Pashtuns long noted for their flamboyancy hanging up alongside photographs of Hollywood movie stars. With sultry poses in front of often garish backdrops, this is an illicit side of the Taliban, not expected to be exposed. Zealotry has many forms of madness, and the