857-62785 - The leader of a band of Kuchi nomads, Hamid, entertains a wildlife survey team and discusses wildlife in the region with biology student Zalmai Moheb, in the range lands near the Turkmenistan border, Kushk-i Kuhna district, Herat Province, Afghanistan
857-62755 - Conservation biologist George Schaller asks local shepherds and policemen about leopards and cheetah, at a border post on the border with Iran, in Gulran District, in the northwest part of Herat Province. Dr. Schaller was making a wildlife survey to see what remained of biodiversity in the Northwest corner of Afghanistan, and interviewed soldiers, shepherds and other Afghans who move through the region to find out what wildlife they had seen.
857-62752 - Young Baluch men on a motorbike ride on a dirt road through a desert landscape brushed with green after spring rains, in the Gulran district near the Iran and Turkmenistan border
857-62744 - A guard at Queen Gawhar Shad's mausoleum, stands in front of four tall minarets, once part of a madrassa that was built in the 15th century by the last of the Timurid rulers, in Herat, Herat Province, Afghanistan. One of the finest examples of Timurid architecture, the minarets are spectacular remnants of a much larger complex considered to be one of the finest examples of Timurid architecture
857-62786 - Members of a wildlife survey team, student Zalmai Moheb and team leader George Schaller, discuss wildlife with Kuchi nomads while policeman accompanying the team look on, in the range lands near the Turkmenistan border, Kushk-i Kuhna district, Herat Province, Afghanistan
857-62790 - A Herati man asks for directions from a border policeman near the Turkmenistan border in, Kushk-i Kuhna district, Herat Province, Afghanistan
857-62782 - A local hunter, Abdul Rahim, talks to the arbob, or leader, of Dera Jawal village, Nur Ahmad, on the edge of a field while a soldier looks on, in the Band-e Baba range, Kushk-i Khuna district, Herat Province, Afghanistan
857-62796 - Policemen talk to nomadic Pashtun herders near their camp at the base of the Dau Shakh desert range, outside the town of Gurian, Herat Province
857-53460 - A young woman prepares to vote for presidential and provincial candidates in national elections, Sultan Razia Girls High School, Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan on August 20, 2009.
857-53468 - On the last day of campaigning before the election, crowds gather in the National Stadium for a large rally for a favored presidential candidate, Kabul, Afghanistan.
857-55491 - Afghan men and their guests eat a traditional feast of rice pilaf, mantu, and other dishes spread out on a plastic cloth, in an Afghan home in Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan
857-55490 - A woman scoops mantu, steamed dumplings stuffed with spiced meat, onto a plate to serve to guests, at a home in Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan