Pigeon flying in Afghanistan

Ahmad tends to two pigeons from his domesticated flock before heading to work in Kabul. He hopes the Taliban will not return after NATO troops leave in 2014, because that would mean not being able to own and fly his pigeons.

Ahmad urges his pigeons into the air on the roof of his home overlooking Kabul.

Ahmad's pigeons fly in the morning.

Ahmad watches his flock of domesticated pigeons fly in the light of dawn.

Ahmad's door is open to family and friends.

Ahmad plays with his son, Sultan, at his home in Kabul.

Ahmad changes his clothes before starting to build wheelbarrows in a small basement room he rents in Kabul.

Ahmad bends a piece of metal in his shop.

Ahmad wears sunglasses as he bends over rising fumes while soldering two pieces of metal together.

Sparks fly as Ahmad solders the handlebars on a wheelbarrow.

Ahmad lines up the handle of a wheelbarrow.

Ahmad walks in the shadows in his neighborhood.

Ahmad watches his domesticated pigeons fly over his home.