Afghan Girl

A little girl collects toys, food, warm clothes supplied by American forces in Wardak province November 11 2009.

Photographer Camilla Fuhr.

Contest entry A0022.

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January 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Afghan, girl | Category: People of Afghanistan

4 comments to Afghan Girl

• Felicia

  December 1, 2010 at 12:52 am

  Why does this Afghan girl have a red mark on her forehead? Afghans are not hindus…they are Muslims.

• Camilla Fuhr

  December 1, 2010 at 3:20 am

  Actually they are not all muslims:-)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Afghanistan

• rema

  January 16, 2012 at 12:47 pm

  yes they are Muslims ..not Hindus …having a red mark was fashion back in days…some people still do it …i do it sometimes

• vini

  April 3, 2012 at 5:17 am

  red dot look so cute on this girl omg

Allied Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum is a NATO headquarters in Brunssum, the Netherlands. It is directly subordinate to SHAPE, the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe, and provides oversight to the International Security Assistance Force, in Afghanistan.