{"id":2174,"date":"2010-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2010-02-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T00:00:00","slug":"stories-from-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/stories-from-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: left;\" class=\"review_photo\" alt=\"kabul_280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kabul_280.jpg?resize=280%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"183\" width=\"280\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>I&#8217;m a 2nd year photography student at Middlesex University. We were given a project on how the US has influenced the world as part of the course so I went to Afghanistan in December 2009 and did this project. 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