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Prior to the events of the early thirteenth century, there was an
extensive urban civilization in the southern desert of what is now
Afghanistan, particularly in the basin of the Helmand River.
Women are washing dishes at the entrance to a typical mud brick house.
A cemetery is visible in the distance. Although there is no indication
of this in the picture, the house sits at the base of a large hillside
into which deep terraces are cut; a Zoroastrian Temple was situated here
during the Kushan Period.
Winter, when the rains were just beginning to stimulate the growth of new
grass. The region was probably once forested, but several millennia of
human occupation have stripped it bare, and today grazing sheep and people
foraging for firewood keep the hills free of trees.
A shepherd boy and his goats follow a trail along a cliff overhanging the
Kunduz River.
A small channel can be seen on the far side of the river; this will irrigate
fields further down the valley.
A flock of sheep and goats moves across the Kunduz hillside covered with grass
and patches of colored flowers.
The Steppes of the Samangan Province
Lavender Flowers Near Maimana
Kunduz Valley
These people are going to the river in the
late afternoon to wash and to fetch water.
These are the ruins of Tashkurghan, a city that
once housed a thousand shops and a score of caravanserais.
This was a stop on one of the many branches of the great
"Silk Route," and also an important town on the
road between India and Samarkand. It was the slave market
for Uzbekistan.
The gates of Tashkurghan city were a part of a larger structure that had
several levels with rooms and towers. The connecting walls and the arch
above this gate have collapsed, and this is all that remains of one of the
gates of the city.
Beautiful scenery along a hillside
The shadow of a ruined civilization at dusk
Travelers along a glaciery frozen waterfall
The patchy form of snow fallen on the mountains.
Aerial view of Kabul City
Independence Minaret in Kabul
The Shrine of Hadrat Ali (Rahimullah) in Mazar-e-Sharif
"Gumbazee"--Non-wood made homes in Mazar-e-Sharif
The fortress of Alexander the Great in Herat
Ancient walls of Herat
The Buddha statue in Bamyan. It reaches 175 feet high and is carved
in the mountain.
View of Bamyan from the head of the Buddha
Takia Zafar situated in Paghman
A wooden bridge in the Valley of Panshir
No it's not Switzerland, it is actually the Province of Paktya.
The ancient Minaret of Ghazni.
The beautiful Band-e-Amir.
A scene from Kokcha River
