This photo shows a remarkably young Afghan rebel working as a gunsmith deep inside a Mujahideen hideout in Zhawar, Khost Province during the height of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1985. Hidden inside extensive cave networks, these underground workshops repaired weapons, manufactured improvised explosives, and kept resistance fighters supplied as they battled one of the world’s strongest armies. Teenagers like him often grew up surrounded by conflict, learning to assemble rifles before they could rea