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— Imam Gul (right), 25, stands next to the body of Hamidullah, 22, in the hospital morgue while the body is prepared for burial. The previous day, Hamidullah and another man were in an unarmored truck carrying material to a checkpoint in Zabul province when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. The bodies of the two men were later transported to their home provinces in the north for burial.
Imam Gul (right), 25, stands next to the body of Hamidullah, 22, in the hospital morgue while the body is prepared for burial. The previous day, Hamidullah and another man were in an unarmored truck carrying material to a checkpoint in Zabul province when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. The bodies of the two men were later transported to their home provinces in the north for burial.
All photos by Holly Pickett for NPR; Slideshow produced by Coburn Dukehart / NPR