312-2093 - Family feeding the famous white pigeons, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2066 - Shrine of Hazrat Ali, who was assassinated in 661, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2087 - The famous white pigeons, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2592 - Tiling around blue window, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2591 - Pilgrim at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2590 - Pilgrim at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2589 - Lady in burqa feeding famous white pigeons whilst child chases them, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2588 - Pilgrim at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2587 - Pilgrim at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2474 - Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2475 - Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

166-4993 - Devastation caused by Civil War 1991-1996, Kabul, Afghanistan

39-3508 - Small Buddha statue in cliff (since destroyed by the Taliban), Bamiyan, Afghanistan

39-3511 - Small Buddha statue in cliff (since destroyed by the Taliban), Bamiyan, Afghanistan

76-1916 - Babur's Alcove, Kandahar, Afghanistan

450-3727 - View into Afghanistan from the Khyber Pass, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Asia

312-1940 - The 65 metre tall Minaret of Jam, built by Sultan Ghiyat Ud-Din Muhammad ben San, in around 1190, with Kufic script and verses of the Koran on the exterior, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghor Province, Afghanistan, Asia

2-5410 - Band-i-Amir, Afghanistan, Asia

166-942 - Crowds of people and buses in the city, Kabul, Afghanistan

166-5113 - Street scene, Kabul, Afghanistan

312-2481 - Tiling round shuttered window, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, founded in the 12th century, Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan, Asia

76-2896 - River in the Khyber Pass, Afghanistan

312-2473 - Early morning traffic, central area, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2479 - Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2480 - Famous white pigeons at the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, founded by the Seljuks in the 12th century, Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2550 - Hari Rud river flows through fertile valley at base of red rock mountains, between Jam and Chist-I-Sharif, Ghor (Ghowr) province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2506 - Boy threshing with oxen, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2207 - Hari Rud river flows through fertile valley at base of red rock mountains, between Jam and Chist-I-Sharif, Ghor (Ghowr province), Afghanistan, Asia

312-2478 - Poppy field between Daulitiar and Chakhcharan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2232 - Caravanserai, Daulitiar, between Yakawlang and Chakhcharan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2208 - Hari Rud river flows through fertile valley at base of red rock mountains, between Jam and Chist-I-Sharif, Ghor (Ghowr province), Afghanistan, Asia

312-2518 - Watchtower at ruins which were once the site of a tall standing Buddha in a niche, Kakrak valley, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2500 - Farmhouse on the southern route between Kabul and Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2240 - Ruined building, between Jam and Chist-I-Sharif, Ghor (Ghowr) province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2174 - The Namakdan, also called the salt cellar because of its shape, a 17th century building used as a hostel for visitors to the shrine, Gazar Gah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2477 - Poppy field between Daulitiar and Chakhcharan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2476 - Poppy field between Daulitiar and Chakhcharan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1948 - Band-i-Zulfiqar, the main lake at Band-E-Amir (Dam of the King), Afghanistan's first National Park set up in 1973 to protect the five lakes, believed by locals to have been created by the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law Ali, making them a place of pilgrimage, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1912 - Caravanserai, Daulitiar, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2542 - Children in front of the Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa, built in the late Timurid style, Balkh (Mother of Cities), Afghanistan, Asia

312-2535 - Aimaq boys in front of yurt, Aimaq nomad camp, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Pal-Kotal-i-Guk, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2533 - Aimaq girl holding baby, Pal-Kotal-i-Guk, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2531 - Shepherd boy tending his flock, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2527 - Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2526 - Children sitting on top of camels, Kuchie nomad camel train, between Chakhcharan and Jam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2507 - Boy threshing with oxen, Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2490 - One of two early 12th century minarets built by Sultan Mas'ud 111 and Bahram Shah, that served as models for the Minaret of Jam, decorated with square Kufic and Noshki script, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2493 - Two early 12th century minarets built by Sultan Mas'ud 111 and Bahram Shah that served as models for the Minaret of Jam, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2503 - Famous Nuristan wooden statue of king on horse, Kabul Museum, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

2-5472 - Buddha statue in cliffs (since destroyed by the Taliban), Bamiyan, Afghanistan

2-5473 - The Bamiyan Valley and the Koh-i-Baba Range of mountains, Afghanistan

6-2078 - Statue of Buddha, 38m high carved in the reign of Kanishka the Great, since destroyed by the Taliban, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Asia

6-2083 - Defaced statue of the Buddha, 55m tall, carved in cliff by monks, since destroyed by the Taliban, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Asia

76-1867 - Buddha at Bamiyan, UNESCO World Heritage Site, since destroyed by the Taliban, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2210 - Tourist and locals at the Magenta cliffs near Shahr-e-Zohak (Red City), between Kabul and Bamiyan (the southern route), Bamiyan province, Afghanistan, Asia

2-5274 - Pigeons at the mosque and shrine of Ali, Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, Asia

2-5453 - Band-i-Amir lakes, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1902 - Buildings on the banks of the Kabul River, central Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1904 - Pollution in the Kabul River, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1908 - One of the crater lakes at Band-E-Amir (Dam of the King), Afghanistan's first National Park set up in 1973 to protect the five lakes, believed by locals to have been created by the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law Ali, making them a place of pilgrimage, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1910 - Band-i-Zulfiqar, the main lake at Band-E-Amir (Dam of the King), Afghanistan's first National Park set up in 1973 to protect the five lakes, believed by locals to have been created by the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law Ali, making them a place of pilgrimage, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1915 - Ghorid (12th century) ruins, believed to be a Mausoleum or Madrassa, Chist-I-Sharif, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1916 - Gaur Shad 's Mausoleum, part of the Mousallah Complex, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1929 - Tomb of the poet Jami, greatest of the 15th century poets, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1933 - Children of the semi-nomadic Aimaq people in front of summer yurts, Pal-Kotal-i-Guk, between Chakhcharan and Djam, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1942 - Doorway at the shrine of Khwaja Abdulla Ansari, Sufi poet and philosopher born in Herat in 1006, Gazar Gah, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1943 - Friday Mosque (Masjet-eJam), restored since 1943, originally laid out in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1945 - The minaret of Bahram Shah, one of two minarets built by Sultan Mas'ud III and Bahram Shah with square Kufic and Noshki script, that served as models for the minaret of Jam, and believed to have originally been part of mosques, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1946 - The minaret of Sultan Mas'ud III, one of two minarets built by Sultan Mas'ud III and Bahram Shah with square Kufic and Noshki script, that served as models for the minaret of Jam, and believed to have originally been part of mosques, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2248 - City centre and walls of Bala Hissar, citadel or fortress dating back to the 5th century AD, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2249 - Man selling rugs on banks of Kabul river, Central Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2256 - Man looking at Minaret of Bahram Shah one of two early 12th century minarets, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2259 - Street scene alongside the Kabul river, Central Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2263 - Street market, Central Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1957 - Tourist climbing into the minaret by a window, 12th Century Minaret of Jam, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghor (Ghur) (Ghowr) Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1961 - The Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1963 - Twelfth century Ghorid ruins believed to be a mausoleum or madrassa, Jam to Obay, Chist-I-Sharif, Ghor (Ghur) (Ghowr) province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1988 - Timurid decoration, main Iwan of the interior courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2011 - Pilgrims in front of tomb of the 11th century Sufi poet Abdullah Ansari, courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2014 - Timurid tilework on tower of the Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2015 - The mihrab in the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2025 - The mihrab in the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2029 - Timurid tilework on a tower of The Citadel (Qala-i-Ikhtiyar-ud-din), originally built by Alexander the Great, but in its present form by Malik Fakhruddin in 1305AD, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2030 - Courtyard of the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2032 - Pul-I-Malan, an ancient bridge of 15 arches now reconstructed, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1994 - Ribbed dome of the mausoleum of Gaur Shad, wife of the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane, The Mousallah Complex, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-1999 - Detail of tilework on the Friday Mosque or Masjet-eJam, built in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasyddin on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2003 - Tilework and mortar hole on minaret beside Gaur Sahd's mausoleum, The Mousallah Complex, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2060 - Band-I-Zulfiqar the main lake, Band-E- Amir (Bandi-Amir) (Dam of the King) crater lakes, Afghanistan's first National Park, Bamian province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2071 - Pilgrims at the shrine of Hazrat Ali, who was assassinated in 661, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2083 - Memorial plaque of assassinated Mujahadin leader Ahmad Shah Massoud know as the ' Lion of Panshir' an Afghan National Hero, situated opposite the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2117 - Men pulling wooden cart piled high with red water containers along road, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2119 - Unique Timurid corkscrew pillars of the Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa, Balkh (Mother of Cities), Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2094 - Tiling round door, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, who was assissinated in 661, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2097 - Tilework detail, Shrine of Hazrat Ali, who was assassinated in 661, Mazar-I-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2163 - Detail of decoration on minaret including Kufic inscription in turquoise glazed tiles, 12th century Minaret of Jam, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghor (Ghur, Ghowr) Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2169 - Detail of decoration on minaret including Kufic inscription in turquoise glazed tiles, 12th century Minaret of Jam, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghor (Ghur, Ghowr) Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2171 - Timurid decoration, main Iwan of the interior courtyard, Sufi shrine of Gazargah, Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2177 - Detail of decoration on minaret dating from 12th century, including Kufic inscription in turquoise glazed tiles, Minaret of Jam, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ghor (Ghur, Ghowr) Province, Afghanistan, Asia

312-2202 - Corridor off which monks' living quarters were carved in cave 2, Takht-I-Rusam (Rustam's throne), part of a Buddhist stupa-monastery complex dating from the Kushano-Sasanian period 4th-5th century AD, Samangan Province, Afghanistan, Asia