An Afghan Cartoonist's World

Shinwary's tribute to the French cartoonists killed in an attack on the offices of French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris on January 7.

A depiction of the Taliban massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar on December 16.

Taliban rule in Afghanistan in the 1990s.

Afghans paid a heavy price for the ascendency of Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

Afghan civilians suffered during the international military campaign in their country following the 9/11 attacks against the United States.

Afghan women had to overcome patriarchy, regressive customs and the power of warlords to participate in the first presidential election in 2004.

Shinwary's depiction of the warlords' coalition after the demise of the Taliban regime in late 2001.

Ismail Khan, a strongman and governor of the western Herat province, banned women from driving.

Afghanistan's predatory warlords are the worst enemies of press freedom.

Shinwary's depiction of the Pakistani military dictator's "double game." Pervez Musharraf publically supported Afghanistan's Western-backed government but clandestinely sheltered its Taliban enemies.

Afghanistan's current national unity government is being pulled in opposite directions.