Afghanistan Gallery

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Jalalabad: green fields

Jalalabad-Kabul Highway — this section has been called "the most dangerous road in the world"

View of the hills of Kabul from TV mountain

Instead of an iPod, workers in the field bring their song birds to entertain them through the day

Bamiyan Valley

 

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Wakhan, Afghanistan

Bamiyan, Afghanistan: Kite skiing at Band-e Amir.

Villages between Kabul and Bamyan, central Afghanistan

 

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Band-e-amir, Bamiyan, Afghanistan

In the middle of the district Tahar on a cold winter day

Lake Kharga near Kabul

On the way to the Salang Pass

Doshi, Afghanistan

Kabul on Jan. 23. 2012

 

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Mazar-e-sharif

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

A farm in Yawan, Badakhshan

Parwan, Afghanistan

Sunset on the old Jalalabad Road

 

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Moonrise over Logar, Afghanistan

Kabul, Shar-e Naw Park

Wakhan

 

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these r some nice pics of Afghanistan

 

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Jam Minaret.
The Minaret of Jam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. It is located in the Shahrak District, Ghor Province, by the Hari River. The 65-metre high minaret, surrounded by mountains that reach up to 2400m, was built in the 1190s, entirely of baked-bricks. It is famous for its intricate brick, stucco and glazed tile decoration, which consists of alternating bands of kufic and naskhi calligraphy, geometric patterns, and verses from the Qur'an (the surat Maryam, relating to Mary, the mother of Jesus).

 

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Herat

Photo of winter mist in Afghanistan

City of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Evening prayer at the Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Shareef

Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Shareef

 

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The old Tomb of Nadir Shah

"Doomed Castle" - The ruins of Darul Amman Palace left after decades of wars.

Victory Arch of Paghman
This monument was built to commemorate the victory over the English during the third Anglo-Afghan War.

Inside Masjid-e-Jaame' in Herat

The Citadel Courtyard
"Build by Alexander the Great, the citadel stand high above the city. More recently occupied by the British, the citadel now stands as a silent reminder of the ebb and tide of empires throughout the ages." Herat

Local mosque

 

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Majid-e-Jami'
Masjid Jami was built by the Ghurid rulers in 1200 AD making it about 800 years old. By the end of the Century, Genghis Khan would roll through Herat.

Buddha Statue, Bamiyan

Masjid-e Shahe Dushamsher-e-Wali in old city of Kabul

Shah-e-Dushamshera’s mosque

Herat Mosuqe

Minaret of Herat Mosque

 

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beautiful country under wrong hands.

 

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Kandahar

Paghman Gardens.

The Guardian of Mazar
the mountain pass which has been used in protection of the city from the invaders for 1000s of years

city of Kabul

The mosque at Babur Gardens in Kabul

Traffic moves past the Abdul Rahman Khan Great Mosque, on November 18, 2012 in Kabul

beautiful country under wrong hands.

Wrong hands= US, Corrupt karzai regime And taliban.

 

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The roof of Herat's Jihad Museum, which commemorates the anti-Russian resistance in Afghanistan.

Mosque in Afghanistan

Sakhi Shrine

Then and now: Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque located just off the Kabul River in the center of the city.

 

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Baaghe Jehan-Nemaa Samangon Northern Afghanistan

Kabul Mosque at sunset

Herat

Kham-e-Kampir mountain

Band e amir

Wakhan
The grasslands that surround Lake Chaqmaqtin sustain herds of goat, sheep, and yak.

 

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Langar Valley