Images of Afghanistan (courtesy of Ruth and Frank Harold)



View of Kabul

New and old in Kabul

Pushtunistan square, Kabul

Tomb of King Abdurrahman (r.1880-1901), Kabul

Food vendor, Kabul

Street in Old Kabul

Rug seller, Kabul

The bazaar, Kabul

The bazaar, Kabul

Shor bazaar, Kabul

Shor bazaar, Kabul

Tomb of Emperor Babur, Kabul (cenotaph 19th c.)

Detail, Babur's tomb

Detail, Babur's tomb

Moissec Valley, near Guldara (15 mi. East of Kabul)

Moissec Valley

Guldara Stupa, 4th c. or earlier

Guldara Stupa, 4th c. or earlier

Shrine on the road to Bamiyan

Village on the Hajigak road to Bamiyan

Nomads on the road to Bamiyan

Nomads on the road to Bamiyan

Hajigak Pass

Village below the pass

Bamiyan Valley

Shahr-i-Zohak, The Red City, 12/13c.

Shahr-i-Zohak

Shahr-i-Zohak

Shahr-i-Zohak

Shahr-i-Zohak

Bamiyan Valley with the giant Buddhas

Bamiyan Valley

Bamiyan Valley

Bamiyan Valley, the bazaar

Fortified house, Bamiyan

Smaller Buddha, Bamiyan, probably 3rd c. CE

Smaller Buddha

Smaller Buddha

Cliff face near Buddhas

Remains of paintings near the Buddha statue

Paintings near the Buddha statue

Paintings near the Buddha statue

Paintings near the Buddha statue

Farm in the Bamiyan Valley

Farm

Watchtower gaurds the valley

Watchtower

Band-i-Amir, a natural lake held by a travertine dam, near Bamiyan

Band-i-Amir

The dam, Band-i-Amir

Nomads on the road

Nomad cemetery near Band-i-Amir

Fort on the road to Balkh

Shahr-i-Golgola, the City of Noise (medieval city of Bamiyan)

Shahr-i-Golgola

Village below Bamiyan

A gorge in the Hindu Kush

At Surkh Khotal (Prof. Harold sitting on a Hellenistic column base)

Tashkurgan, an ancient trading town on the plains of Turkestan

Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan

Uzbek village (note the bee-hive domes)

Mazar-i-Sharif, street scene

Tomb of Hazrat Ali (16c. and later)

Tomb of Hazrat Ali

Tomb of Hazrat Ali

Tomb of Hazrat Ali

Tomb of Hazrat Ali

Tomb of Hazrat Ali

Timurid walls, Balkh

Tomb of Nasr-i-Parsa, Balkh (17th c.)

Tomb of Nasr-i-Parsa

On the walls, Balkh

On the walls, Balkh

Uzbek village

Hindu Kush mountains, near Salang Pass

Salang Valley

Salang Valley

Picnic at Begram

Stupa at Tope Darra, near Charikar

Stupa at Tope Darra, near Charikar

Children at Tope Darra

Flying over the Hindu Kush

Herat, in the bazaar

Herat, in the bazaar

Minaret in the Musalla, Herat, 15th c.

Minaret in the Musalla, Herat, 15th c.

Tomb of Gowhu Shah, Herat, 15th c.

Tomb of Gowhu Shah, Herat, 15th c.

The Musalla, Herat

The Musalla, Herat

Minaret in the Musalla, Herat

Gazargah, a shrine built around an 11 c. sufi poet, 15/16 c.

Gazargah

Repairing tilework in the Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Courtyard of the Friday Mosque

The Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque

On the street, Herat

Marketplace, Herat

Marketplace, Herat

The citadel, Herat (1300 CE, restored many times)

Ghazni

Ghazni

Seljuk tomb towers, Ghazni

Seljuk tomb towers, Ghazni

Seljuk tomb towers, Ghazni

Seljuk tomb towers, Ghazni

Seljuk tomb towers, Ghazni

Pottery, Ghazni

In the market, Ghazni