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Baba Sakhi, as this old sage is simply known, has been a farmer his entire life and counts three generations of offspring
Shy as a mouse, this little girl took only this one look at my camera before she ran out into the fields
These two young country girls look like they are already friends for life
Home building methods have not changed much over the centuries, as this mud brick neighborhood attests
A necklace of black and yellow beads adorns this girl in northern Afghanistan. In a few short years she will not be able to run around this unencumbered in this conservative land
Sunset behind the fortress like city walls
The courtyard of the 15th century Jama Mosque, one of the largest and best preserved in all of Central Asia
This fortress once guarded the city of Herat against all kinds of invaders from the steppes
Inside one of the many arched and domed prayer halls of the Jama Mosque
Other than mud brick domes, nothing defines Afghan architecture more than Islamic arches
All that is left of the once sprawling Mussala Seminary are four massive minarets with remnants of turquoise tile work
Three sisters, two of them twins, look somewhat anxiously into the camera, not quite knowing what to expect
A teenage boy in a flower garden. At a young age Afghans cultivate a love for flowers; perhaps a reaction to the rugged land they live in
These crumbled walls of bear the signs of heavy fighting in the recent past
I am regarded with suspicion by this boy, whom I ran into in northern Afghanistan
This Timurid era citadel dates back from the 1300\'s and has been built on top of other much older forts dating back to before the time of Alexander the Great
Fruit orchards like this one sprawl all over the Hari Rud River plain in Herat Province
A boy tending to his goats near the Hari Rud River plain in far Northwestern Afghanistan
A sunset view of the old city center of Herat with the Jama Mosque in the background. In the foreground are the minarets of another mosque
This girl belongs to a nomadic
A shy farm girl who was harvesting grapes along with her family in an orchard
A little bit of shyness and a lot of curiosity and amusement can be seen on their faces
A woman, probably as old as the mud brick wall she sits against, tells stories of her youth from days long past
The recently repaved Salang Highway snakes its way into the Hindukush Mountains
Rickety old buses from the pre-Soviet times still ply the roads of Afghanistan
Too young to remember war and destruction. If allowed to live in peace and get an education, these kids can be the future of Afghanistan
Artillery cartriges and other war detritus left by the Russians serve as flower pots nowadays
A Pashtun tribesman sits inside his simple mud brick adobe next to his family\'s harvest of corn
Crumbling remnants of Herat\'s old city walls still dominate some neigborhoods and are plainly visible from a distance
Simple joys of life
The intricate and extraordinarily well preserved tile work of the 15th century Timurid era Jama Mosque
The current chief and former local mujahedeen commander of the Paghman Valley in the Hindukush Mountains
Three brothers pose in front of their carefully maintained flower gardens
A peek into the back yards and regular homes from a high minaret tower
Old wooden doors guard an entrance to the old citadel of Herat
In place without supermarkets, one can find anything and everything by wandering the small alleys packed with tiny market stalls
Once a 1960\'s contempo movie theatre, now all that\'s left is the bombed out shell
An old Tajik man finds purpose by guarding the grave sites of martyred resistance fighters of the Russian War
Other than the rickshaws in the foreground, this view has been unchanged for centuries
Herat didn\'t suffer much of the destruction of the previous decades of war and offers a rare glimpse into how Afghanistan\'s cities were in the past
A bleak village built recently by returning Afghan refugees near the Turkmenistan border
Lumber that was likely harvested in the deep valleys of Northern Afghanistan\'s Hindukush Mountains being trucked into Kabul
Only reluctantly did this young mother with her child allow herself to be photographed
Initially built as temporary housing for returning war refugees, this collection of mud brick homes has become a permanent settlement in the dry foothils of the Kohi Safed Mountains
Settlements cling to cliffs near the treeline of the Hindukush Mountains
Pigeons in the early morning light coming in for a landing
Farming villages in the mountainous regions of Northern Afghanistan make use of deep river valleys
Innocence
The Salang River carves through the southern edge of the Hindukush Mountains
Satellite dishes by the dozen adorn a roof that houses shops and apartments
A newly paved highway heads north toward the Panjshir region, home of the famous warlord Ahmad Shah Masoud
Yet another graveyard of destroyed Russian tanks left by them after they pulled out in defeat in 1989
Ruins of a fortress that was built soon after Ghengis Khan devastated the thriving city of Herat. Reportely only 40 people survived his onslaught
Hewn right into the mountainside, the Salang Pass Highway snakes its way north toward the Tajikistan border
These Hazara tribesmen,  now working as stone masons, originally came from Mongolia and the steppes of Inner Asia
A proud and smiling Pashtun tribesman poses with his little daughter
With sea green eyes and a confident face, this daughter of a nomadic tribe gazes into the camera lens
Russian carpet bombing reduced this farmhouse and everything else in this agricultural area to rubble
Burka clad women can still be found, like this poor soul, who is begging on the street in Kabul
Meat hung out in the bitter cold will not go bad anytime soon; neither will the vegetable
The bombed out ruins of houses still line this breathtaking valley high in the mountains
A brand new and fancy mansion; who knows what kind of money financed this private residence, be it from the opium trade or plain old corruption
Mudbrick walls and mudbrick houses are the primary dwellings of villagers
Boys, of various ethnicities play among the ruins of war, which is the only environment they know
Heavy security is ever present among the government buildings and squares
The Russian left nothing but destruction in their wake when they invaded the country in 1979
Two burka clad women hurry along a rural road. Although not mandatory anymore, many rural women still wear this all encompassing cloak
Burned out wrecks of Russian troop carriers still dot the country side
A street so crowded with shoppers that there is literally no room to walk
In the distance, an American Apache attack helicopter patrols the huge, white blanketed mountains
Anxiety, maybe resignation to his situation reflect in this dad\'s face, as he holds his innocent child tightly
A Russian or Chinese made AK47 is among the millions still in use in Afghanistan
Thin ice forms on the Kabul River, as it meanders through the city\'s center
Spent tank projectiles stuck upside down into the frozen soil...murderous tokens left by the Russians during their war against the country
Bullet holes in walls and destroyed property are all these children have seen during their short lives
Deep lines have etched this man\'s face, testimony to the destruction of two decades of war he has suffered under
Children line up in the cold to get food and clothing in a donation center
The wool hat and shawl are characteristic garb among the men, especially of the Pashtun ethnic group
NATOs military aircraft take up much of the tarmac at Kabul International Airport
Inside a shop, a boy watches me intently as I looked at wool hats to wear against the bitter cold outside
Private mercenaries like this one can still be hired as body guard or other purposes

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