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Tyler Hicks
Getty Images for The New York Times
Getty Images for The New York Times
12 November, 2001
An injured Taliban soldier pleads for his life after being captured by Northern Alliance soldiers advancing towards Kabul. Northern Alliance troops, opposed to the ruling Taliban, took control of Kabul on November 13. The frontline assault followed air strikes on Taliban targets ordered by US president George W. Bush. He accused the regime of protecting Osama bin Laden, held responsible by the US for the attacks of September 11.
Tyler Hicks
Tyler Hicks is a staff photographer for The New York Times. He began working for The Times as a contract photographer in Kenya in 1999, photographing news stories in East and Wes...