Those are the real problems. A turbaned member of the Taliban militia entered the shop and joined the conversation. Afghanistan was governed by a communist party and then occupied by the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Beneath its sober, faceless veneer, of course, Kabul is full of photographs. Treasured family portraits are hidden in metal trunks.
Shopkeepers hide postcards of Afghan women in traditional costumes behind shelves of books.
Others offer special prices for prohibited photos of the destroyed Buddhas. The girl's face had been painstakingly scratched off.