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A Mosque in Kabul in Afghanistan. Afghan man digs a grave at a graveyard in Kabul. See the Bala Hissar fort in Kabul. The Bala Hissar, or "High Fort", of Kabul was for many centuries the seat of a ruler and played an essential part in state development in Afghanistan. Fortified from perhaps the 6th Century', the fortress reached its peak under Mughal rulers in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Its palace was rebuilt by an Afghan king in the late 18th Century and British troops were stationed in the fort during each of the 19th Century Anglo-Afghan wars. After 1880, the upper Bala Hissar was used as an arsenal and prison; the lower part became a ruin, within which new military installations were later built. Source: archnet.org This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilde