Afghanistan

Afghanistan·snow · politics

In this compelling interview, a man from Afghanistan shares his perspective on why many young people are being misled in today’s complex social and political environment.

bazaar · crafts

In an archival video from Afghanistan, a man is seen washing a section of the road beneath a parked car positioned in front of a building identified as the Gold Selling Market.

highway

The war is about the innocent people, about the innocent nation; we are strongly against that; we are not backing that, we are not supporting that.

Tajikistan officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.

hills · bus

Afghani prisoners of the Taliban, in chains, as they carry water from rivebed in Afghanistan, as indentured labourers. In an archival video from Afghanistan, a Russian tank is seen positioned below mountain ranges.

Afghanistan·bazaar · snow

This archival footage captures the energetic atmosphere of a traditional two-storey currency exchange hub in Afghanistan, where traders, locals, and even children stand gathered in the central courtyard conducting rapid cash dealings.

snow · hills

Witness a unique winter moment in arid Afghanistan, where locals gather atop a small sunlit hill to enjoy kawa—a traditional Afghan tea.

On December 20, 2001, the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1386 authorized the establishment of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan, responding to the request of Afghan authorities on December…

Afghan men gather near Sher Khan Exchange, a currency exchange office during rain. See the bundle of cash in their hands. They wear traditional Afghan dress with a shawl while some of them wear Pheran.

politics

13 June 2002 they came from all over Afghanistan. From 32 provinces 1575 leaders came - theirs was a unique conclave in Kabul. This was the lawyerjurga. A distinctive traditional form of Representatives tribal democracy.

forest · flowers

Deodar forests are forests dominated Cedrus Deodara and are found in Western Himalayas from Gandak river in central Nepal to Hindukush in Afghanistan. An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus, having approximately 600 extant species.

Afghanistan·village · ceremony

This archival footage from Afghanistan documents a somber moment in a graveyard on the outskirts of a small town, filmed during the period following the Soviet occupation.

river · hills

A wrecked Soviet war tank lies next to a river near Kabul, Afghanistan. The passes and mountain-tops behind are snowed over, so it's clearly early winter when this was filmed.

dance

Tajikistan officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.

Tajikistan officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. It borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.

politics

Women of Afghanistan in burqas waiting in a queue to get the grains. Afghanistan is a country of approximately 23 million which, after three years of severe drought, 23 years of war and devastation and five years under the Taliban authoriti…

A clever little Shrike finds water in an earthen pot and proceeds to drink water from it. The Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach) is a common resident breeder throughout the Indomalayan ecozone from Kazakhstan, through Afghanistan, Pakistan,…

Afghan soldiers use military dogs to locate explosives underground. Another soldier uses a metal detector and other military equipment. The dog is a trained military dog to detect explosives

Afghanistan·bazaar

An ambulance of International Committee of the Red Cross passes through a market street in Afghanistan. International Committee of the Red Cross responds to the humanitarian needs of people affected by the war in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan

Afghan kids peep through a window while their mother stands outside wearing a Burqa in a house made of baked mud. Kids eat afghan bread while their mother cooks. A person at the house uses a handcart to take a sack outside.

The macaques constitute a genus of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. Aside from humans (genus Homo), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from Japan to Afghanistan and, in the case of the barbary mac…

birds · hills

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Afghanistan·desert · monsoon

This archival footage captures a rare glimpse of Afghanistan during the era before the U.S. invasion, showcasing a landscape marked by dry, arid terrain and remnants of earlier conflicts.