Torn posters of martyrs from previous wars at the entrance to the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, this week.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Supported by Photographs and Text by Jim ...

A lot would depend on that." Boys paste a poster of national hero Ahmad Shah Masud on a wall in Panjshir Province earlier this month. For many Afghans, Masud, who died at the age of 48 ...

In this September 28, 2011 file photo, a large poster of late charismatic guerrilla fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud is displayed next to a road leading into the Panjshir Valley. Credit: AP Photo/Anja ...