These portraits of Taliban soldiers were collected by Thomas Dworzak during his coverage of the fall of the Taliban regime in 2002. It is thought that most of these pictures are from Taliban members who had them taken in early November 2001, but could not pick them up as they had to flee the advancing opposition and United States' bombing.

This introspective photo essay was built around the concept of silence—from societal silence surrounding madness to that most personal silence that stems from the intense desire to express oneself and unburden the soul.