Afghan Photos

[Bhushan]

Afghans beg for alms near a shrine on the ruins of the ancient city of Balkh, located outside the northern Afghan town of Mazar-i-Sharif, on March 22, 2009. Once known as the "mother of cities," the ancient city of Balkh was a popular destination along the ancient Silk Route.

An Afghan man pulls a cart as his young brother helps during a rainy day in Kabul on April 1, 2009.

U.S. Marines fire 120mm mortars on Taliban positions on April 3, 2009 in Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Afghan policemen at a police station in Naray, in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province on April 13, 2009.

An Afghan boy watches U.S. soldiers on patrol in Naray, in the eastern Kunar province on April 13, 2009.

 

[Bhushan]

Angry Shiite Muslims shout in defence of the new Shiite Personal Status Law in Kabul on April 15, 2009.

An Afghan man rides his bicycle loaded with plastic watering cans in front of the war-damaged Darlaman Palace in the west of Kabul on May 5, 2009.

Newly-graduated Afghan National Army soldiers sit during a graduation ceremony of about 1,100 officers and soldiers at the Afghan National Army training center in Kabul on May 7, 2009.

Winner of the Mr. Afghanistan contest, Shukrullah from the Helmand province, flexes his muscles for the judges during the competition in Kabul on June 2, 2009. Under the Taliban regime, the Mr. Afghanistan contest was banned as sportsmen were forbidden to appear partially naked in public.

An Afghan vendor arranges mangoes for his customers in Kabul on June 4, 2009.

 

[Bhushan]

A worker pressure washes parts on a U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter on June 25, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The helicopter is part of the 3rd Battalion of the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade which is providing air support for troops fighting Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan.

Afghan potter Khiyal Mohammad, works at his craft in the Shomali plains, north of Kabul on June 30, 2009.

U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. try to find a target that was reported to be crossing a field on July 4, 2009 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. meet with Afghan villagers who returned to the area in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan after the Marines drove Taliban fighters from the center of the village on July 5, 2009.

An elderly Afghan man walks in the old city of Kabul on July 6, 2009.

 

[Bhushan]

A U.S. Marine wears a belt of ammunition around his neck on July 6, 2009 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan.

Afghan farmers harvest their wheat crop in a field in the Shomali plains, about 30 kms north of Kabul on July 8, 2009.

A man stands on the river bank in the village of Garm, some 250km from Dushanbe, on July 12, 2009.

An Afghan Kochi tribesman holds a picture of former Afghan finance minister and then-presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai during an election campaign rally in Kabul on July 23, 2009.

Afghan brides sit during a mass marriage ceremony of 50 Afghan couples in Herat province on Aug. 7, 2009.

 

[Bhushan]

An Afghan gets searched by an Afghan National Police Officer on Aug. 13, 2009 at a checkpoint in the outskirds of Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

An Afghan man rubs his eyes waiting for his breakfast at a tea house decorated with pictures of provincial election candidates in the old city of Herat on Aug. 16, 2009.

Afghan drug addicts smoke heroin and crystal meth in the ruins of the old city of Herat on Aug. 18, 2009.

Swan paddle boats sit at the edge of one of the six lakes that make up Band-E-Amir National Park on Sept. 6, 2009. Located in the province of the Bamiyan Buddhas, in central Afghanistan, the park was declared Afghanistan's first National Park on April 22, 2009. Its designation as a National Park will allow Afghanistan to apply for international recognition of Band-e-Amir as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Band-e-Amir has been a destination for Afghan tourists since at least the early 1950s, but tourism significantly declined during the 20 years of wars and Taliban rule.

A policeman of the Afghan National Police controls traffic at a checkpoint in Kabul on Oct. 11, 2009.

 

[Bhushan]

Pupils sitting on the floor listen to their teacher on Oct. 11, 2009 at Nasoana school in Kabul, where some 3,500 pupils attend lessons. The school is mainly made of tents, or rooms with missing windows and no heating.

An Afghan man drives a horse cart to pick up bricks ready for firing in the brick oven on Nov. 6, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brick factories are an economical, business that is still thriving. The land used is dry and barren which is perfect for the making of bricks providing work almost all the year round. A few years ago all factories changed from wood to coal causing further problems with pollution, the factories have been pushed out of the city limits because of this issue.

An Afghan boy works with other young laborers loading bricks onto a truck on Oct. 16, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Child labor is common at the brick factories where the parents already employed and desperate to make more money enlist their children to help doing the easy jobs.

An Afghan boy flies a kite in a cemetery.

Afghan women harvest tomatoes after farm crops were damaged by a spell of cold weather in Badam Bagh farm run by the private National Organization of Women and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development on the outskirts of Kabul on Oct. 26, 2009.

 

[Bhushan]

A man passes by Darul-Aman palace Oct. 31, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Darul-Aman Palace was once the masterpiece of Kabul built by King Amanullah in the 1920s but today lies in ruins after years of unrest in the country.

Afghan horsemen compete for the goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi in Kabul on Nov. 6, 2009. The ancient game of Buzkashi is an Afghan national sport which is played between two teams of horsemen competing to throw a goat carcass into a scoring circle.

Afghan soldiers are armed with U.S.-made M16 rifles as they take part in combat training at the Afghan National Army training camp on the outskirts of Kabul on Dec. 28, 2009.

French soldiers walk on a hilltop near the Tora French Military Camp in Surobi district in Kabul province on Dec. 15, 2009.

 

[Jatt Boy]

These photographs are trully Amazing!

A beautiful country with very very beautiful people !!!

 

[waraich66]

These photographs are trully Amazing!

A beautiful country with very very beautiful people !!!

Afghanistan will be more beautiful , when invaders returned back to their countries.

 

[Luftwaffe]

 

[Hussein]

They should plant some trees in Afghanistan. The place doesn't look very green.

it is not indeed

 

[pakdefender]

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See in this pic every fifth bullet has an 'orange tip' , these are tracer rounds , when fired these are visible as bright burning 'dots' as the bursts are fired. These are used as guides to see where your bursts are ending up , specially at night.

 

[SpArK]

U.S. Army Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, play an impromptu game of volleyball against a team

Dr. Mehirulla Muslim, the Nurgaram District subgovernor, addresses an audience of teachers, government officials and citizens during a ceremony to celebrate a completed solar panel electricity project

An Afghan National Army soldier from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 201st Infantry Regiment, searches a pile of rocks in the courtyard of a high-value target home outside the village​

U.S. Army Capt. Nicole Zupka of Fair Lawn, N.J., a battlewatch captain with Combined Joint Task Force-Paladin, helps an Afghan child with her writing skills during female engagement team training​

 

[SpArK]

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army soldiers move through Kharwar District to prevent the Taliban’s freedom of movement Feb. 12. U.S. and Afghan soldiers braved more than 3 feet.

Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team II members, U.S. Army Spc. Justin Allen (left), a London, Ky., native, and U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Combs, a Corbin, Ky., native, get to know a goat.

An Afghan carrying a child approaches U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Peter Moeller of Atkins, Iowa, a medic with Task Force Red Bulls, for humanitarian aid at Qale-Mussa Pain Middle Schoo​

 

[SpArK]

Tabasum Sharqi (left) opens a book she received for graduating at the top of her Fatima Girls High School class at a ceremony held at the Kunar Department

Soldiers from the Polish Army and the Texas National Guard Agribusiness Development Team-IV check their shot grouping during qualification on the Polish AK-74 5.56 mm Mini-Beryl short assault rifle

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cody Johnson of Ankeny, Iowa, a cavalry scout with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, asks a villager if there have been any security issues within the village, May 9. Troop B and Afghan National Police visited the Sia-Sang Village to ensure security and search for weapons caches

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew Gibson of Batavia, Ill., a cavalry scout with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, provides security for an Afghan National Policeman while he searches a villager’s home, May 9. Troop B conducted the joint foot patrol with ANP to search for weapons caches. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Kristina L. Gupton, Task Force Red Bulls Public Affairs)​