1116-10957 - Hazara farmers & donkeys laden with brushwood along the Shahidan Pass in winter, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11054 - Fruit vendor in Torkham, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

1116-10715 - Qadamjoy Shah-i-Aulia Shrine beside the Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11034 - Man praying at the Mausoleum of Amir Habibullah in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

1116-10866 - Flags fluttering in the wind over the Shrine of Khoja Mohammad Baba near Jalrez, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-11005 - Darulaman Palace was designed for King Amanullah by a French architect in the 1920s; it later became the Defense Ministry, and was the military headquarters during the Russian occupation. .Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11017 - Man preparing kebabs at a Kabul restaurant, , Afghanistan

1116-11074 - Taylor in Charikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10779 - Bagh-i-Bala (High Garden), built by Amir Abdur Rahman as a summer palace in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10719 - Qadamjoy Shah-i-Aulia Shrine beside the Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10804 - Houses on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11022 - Kuchi nomads and their camels at Tangi Abreshom (Silk Gorge), Kabul Province, Afghanistan

1116-10736 - Band-i-Zulfikar (Dam of the Sword of Ali) - Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11112 - Girls playing on an abandoned Soviet tank in the Siagerd Valley, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10820 - Marble mosque at the Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10902 - Boy and girl on a donkey in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10720 - Hindu Kush mountains reflections in Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10892 - Hazara woman and donkey in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10783 - Mausoleum of King Mohammad Nadir Shah (King of Afghanistan from 1925 to 1933) on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11144 - Bus approaching Maidan Shar, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-10782 - Mausoleum of King Mohammad Nadir Shah and Tomb of Sultan Mohammad on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10998 - Albeit the top floor of this building in Kabul has been destroyed by shelling, the lower stories remain inhabited, , Afghanistan

1116-10954 - Hazara farmers & donkeys laden with brushwood along the Shahidan Pass in winter, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10921 - Boy sitting on a parked motorcycle at the bazaar in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10925 - Afghan man in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10815 - Northern garden walls and upper swimming pool at Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10825 - National Museum of Afghanistan - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10731 - Water cascading down the travertine walls of Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10964 - Houses on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul, , Afghanistan

1116-10692 - Remains of the old Hazar bazaar destroyed by the Taliban in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10735 - Band-i-Zulfikar (Dam of the Sword of Ali) - Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10995 - Workers restoring the northern garden walls at Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11100 - Afghan men walk by an abandoned Soviet tank in Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10744 - View of the Bamiyan Valley from ruins of the citadel of Shar e Gholgola, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10818 - Babur's Tomb with the original headstone and a new marble fence after the restoration of Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10689 - Panoramic view of Bamiyan and the escarpment with hundreds of caves and the niche that contained the Small Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10730 - Water cascading down the travertine walls of Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10916 - Afghan men in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10761 - Tilled fields near Shibar, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11083 - Afghan woman wearing a burqa holding a girl along the Kabul-Charikar Road, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10712 - Hindu Kush mountains reflections in Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11071 - Afghan notary public in Charikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10716 - Hindu Kush mountains reflections in Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11099 - Afghan boy on a donkey visiting another boy near Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-11138 - Old Afghan man and boy in Kharwalang, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-11018 - Fighter jet at the entrance to the Kabul International Airport, , Afghanistan

1116-10867 - Flags fluttering in the wind over the Shrine of Khoja Mohammad Baba near Jalrez, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-11163 - Man carrying brushwood near Zarkharid, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-11073 - Knife vendor in Charikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-11162 - Man carrying brushwood near Zarkharid, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-11106 - Afghan girl in Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10838 - Ghorband River and fruit trees in autumn colours, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10799 - View of the Mausoleum of King Mohammad Nadir Shah from the Tomb of Sultan Mohammad on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10738 - Barren rock formations on a plateau in the Band-i-Amir area lit by the late afternoon sun, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10726 - Water cascading down the travertine walls of Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10816 - Northern garden walls and upper swimming pool at Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10947 - People by a samovar on a house by the entrance of the Pai Mori Gorge, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10793 - Tomb of Sultan Mohammad on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10760 - Mud houses in Shibar, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11127 - Hazara woman and boy in the Hajigak Pass, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-10756 - Shahidan Pass, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10913 - Hazara man in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10808 - Brick kilns in the outskirts of Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11013 - Afghan men playing chess on Chicken Street in Kabul, , Afghanistan

1116-10721 - Qadamjoy Shah-i-Aulia Shrine beside the Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10732 - Water cascading down the travertine walls of Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10814 - Pavilion portico at the Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10821 - Marble mosque at the Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10755 - Old watchtower in the Shahidan Valley, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11076 - Afghan barber in Charikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10833 - Tomb of Ahmad Zahir the famous singer of Afghanistan at the Shohada-e-Salehin cemetery in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11095 - Abandoned Soviet tanks in Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-11120 - Afghan farmer tilling a field in the Siagerd Valley, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10909 - Afghan doctor dispensing medicines at a restaurant in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11132 - Afghan women and boy in Jalrez, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-10803 - Houses on the Tapa Maranjan Ridge in Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11035 - No guns sign at the Spinghar Hotel in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

1116-11164 - Man carrying brushwood and man with bicycle near Zarkharid, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

1116-10691 - Panoramic view of the town of Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10817 - Babur's Tomb with the original headstone and a new marble fence after the restoration of Bagh-i-Babur Shah (Babur's Garden) - Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-10915 - Hazara man in Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10775 - Mud fort near Sharh-e-Zohak (The Red City) at the entrance to the Bamiyan Valley, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11050 - Returned Afghan refugee with his chattel on a truck on the Torkham to Jalalabad Road, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

1116-10948 - Shepherd and his flock of sheep on a path by the Pai Mori Gorge, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10830 - Darulaman Palace was designed for King Amanullah by a French architect in the 1920s; it later became the Defense Ministry, and was the military headquarters during the Russian occupation. .Kabul,, Afghanistan

1116-11107 - Afghan girl in Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10955 - Hazara farmers & donkeys laden with brushwood along the Shahidan Pass in winter, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-11019 - Passengers waiting at the main terminal building of the Kabul International Airport for the departure of their flight, , Afghanistan

1116-10840 - Abandoned mud house along the Kabul to Charikar Road, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-11113 - Girls playing on an abandoned Soviet tank in the Siagerd Valley, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-11092 - Kabul to Kandahar Highway near Pol-e Matak, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-11101 - Afghan shepherd and his flock of sheep in Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

1116-10725 - Water cascading down the travertine walls of Band-i-Haibat (Dam of Awe), Band-i-Amir, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10777 - Mud fort at the confluence of the Bamiyan and Kalu rivers near Sharh-e-Zohak at the entrance to Bamiyan, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

1116-10980 - Girl and child follow their mother wearing a burqa on a Kabul street, , Afghanistan

1116-10970 - Afghan men and brushwood-laden donkeys in the outskirts of Kabul, , Afghanistan

1116-10763 - Shibar Pass, Bamian Province, Afghanistan

857-62761 - A Tajik man holds a glass lizard (Ophisaurus apodus), a leg-less lizard, found near the Band-e Baba mountains, during a wildlife survey conducted by a team sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Kushk-i Kuhna District, Herat Province, Afghanistan

857-62765 - A village headman, Nur Ahmed, scans cliffs for ibex, while members of a wildlife survey team and their police escorts have a rest, in the Band-e Baba range, Herat Province, Afghanistan

857-62763 - Dr. George Schaller and the other members of his wildlife survey team have dinner in the guest room of the village headman, in the village of Dera Jawal, Kushk-i Kuhna District, Herat Province, Afghanistan