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Afghan Abs - Young Afghan men, hoping to become bodybuilders, work out in the Super Gym on April 11 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding have…

Afghan Abs - Young Afghan bodybuilders take a break from their workouts to pray in the Young Nation Bodybuilding Club on April 16 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the…

Afghan Abs - Poor Afghan traditional wrestlers work out in a small ill-equiped gym on April 11 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding have spread…

Afghan Abs - Arnold Schwarzeneggar's likeness decorates a gym in Kabul on April 12 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding have spread across the…

Afghan Abs - A young Afghan man poses in front of a mirror in the Super Gym on April 11 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding have spread across the…

Afghan Abs - A Young man works out in the Young Nation Bodybuilding Club on April 10 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding have spread across the…

Afghan Abs - A young Afghan bodybuilder poses in front of a mirror as an admirer watches at the Young Nation Bodybuilding Club on April 10 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically…

Afghan Abs - Poor traditional Afghan wrestlers work out in a small ill-equiped gym on April 11 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and specifically the practice of bodybuilding have spread…

Afghan Abs - A young Afghan man works out in a small store front gym, its walls plastered with the motivating posters of western bodybuilders on April 8 2007. In the six years since the US invasion of Afghanistan and the fall of the Talbian, gyms and…

Afghan Abs - Since the fall of the Taliban, 90 new bodybuilding gyms have opened in Kabul alone, up from a total of 15. You see them everywhere, tucked into garage-size storefronts beneath huge pieces of plywood bearing the hulking likeness of Arnold…