He became a freelance cameraman and covered the wars in Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Angola and other trouble spots of the world. He also formed his own film production company called Black Lion Productions. Nobody will ever know how Karimullah really died. In that part of the world death comes easily. Did he stumble across some information that was so sensitive that he had to be killed or did he really die of a drugs overdose.
Drugs are now a way of life in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It is estimated that there may be as many as five million drug users in Pakistan alone. Karimullah unfortunately was a drug user. The Afghans and probably all Muslims in that area owe a tremendous amount of gratitude to youngsters like Carlos Mavroleon. They sacrificied their youth fighting the evil Russian communists. One day when things have settled down in Afghanistan, the Afghan people should erect a monument to the hundreds of young men like Karimullah who sacrificed their lives in their struggle for freedom.