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Second Place
Jacob Ehrbahn Politiken
"Afghanistan, October 2003"


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Wheel chair race for Kabul's disabled. Several of the contestants cheated by letting themselves being pushed. Mir Aghan, no. 7, lost both his legs, when he stepped on a land mine at the age of 13. In the fight against the Soviet Union he was a courier for the Mujaheddin bringing munitions to the front line.
 

 

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