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Kabul, Afghanistan. Population: four to six million.
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The fertile Panjshir Valley. What was once a key base for Mujahideen fighters during the Soviet war is now a highly productive agricultural area.
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People making nan, a staple bread in the Afghan diet.
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Two boys collecting water on donkeys.
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Winters in Afghanistan can be snowy and very cold. The temperature sometimes sinks as low as -13 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A vendor preparing lamb kabob, an Afghan delicacy.
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Men playing Buzkashi, a traditional Central Asian sport, in Mazar-i-Sharif. In Buzkashi, teams of horsemen attempt to place a dead calf on a designated circle.
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Two men in the Panjsher Valley in northern Afghanistan.
Ka Firushi, the bird market in Kabul. Under the Taliban government, owning pigeons and other birds was outlawed.
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A shepherd herds goats in the outskirts of Kabul through a field of abandoned Soviet tanks.
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Children paint images of peace on a cement barrier in Kabul following a bombing.
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A boy stands in the wreckage of a building in Qandahar that was bombed by U.S. troops.
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A young boy sells Afghan carpets at the base of the Pamir Mountains.
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Children run back from recess at a school in Changan village.
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Children play near a minaret (a traditional Islamic structure) in Herat.
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Afghan women on their way to the airport in Kabul.
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A boy flies a kite over the city. Kite flying is a popular activity amongst children in Afghanistan.
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The Mosque of the King of Two Swords in Kabul. The building was constructed in the 1920s as part of an effort to modernize the city.
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Young boys playing cricket, a popular sport in Afghanistan.
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The famous blue mosque at Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Housing in Kabul is extremely expensive. As the city has expanded, people have begun to build cheaper homes on the hillsides. Most of these houses don’t have public utilities.
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Kuchis, a nomadic people in Afghanistan, travel with their cattle.
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Women in the Dai Kundi province gather kindling to heat their homes over the winter.
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Young boys learn carpentry skills in Nangarhar Province. In Afghanistan, six percent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 are already working.
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Two young women studying at Kabul University, one of ten universities in Afghanistan.H
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A man enters a drug abuse rehabilitation center.
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The United Nations distributes food aid to rural Afghans in 2005 in response to a rise in global food prices, drought, and poor harvests.
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Farmers harvest wheat in Badakhshan.
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A school girl in Kabul pushes a classmate who lost both of her legs to a landmine.
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Construction workers in Kabul.
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Women shop at a market in Kabul to prepare a meal for the observance of Eid al-Fitr, a celebration marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.
Afghan boys play soccer near the site where one of the Buddhas of Bamiyan stood before it was destroyed by the Taliban. Balkh, Afghanistan.
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An Afghan primary school class, supported by the United Nations. Kabul.
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Former refugees that recently returned to Afghanistan from Iran at a UN returnee camp in August, 2009. Sari Pul, Afghanistan.
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Band-e-Amir became Afghanistan’s first national park in 2009. The park contains six lakes located in the Hindu Kush mountains.
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Students training to become midwives. Despite improvements since 2001, Afghanistan still has one of the highest infant death rates and maternal death rates (women dying from pregnancy) in the world. Nili, Afghanistan.
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Weapons for sale in the central market in Kabul.
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Female police recruits conduct training exercises at the police academy in Kabul.
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Herat, Afghanistan.
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