By artist Jonathon Kirtz.
Zalmaï Ahad: Promises and Lies: The Human Cost of the War on Terror in Afghanistan
Since 2002, nearly four million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan after three decades in exile, but unfortunately, their lives are often more difficult than in the refugee camps they came from.
Every day, thousands of Afghan refugees are deported to Afghanistan by the Iranian authorities. Most deportees cannot return home and end up on the outskirts of big cities looking for work to support their families.
*Zalmaï Ahad (photographer) was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Zalmaï Ahad was forced into exile in 1980, at the age of 15, after the Soviet invasion of his country. He is now a Swiss citizen. Since 1989, he has worked as a freelance photographer.
