Afghanistan on my mind: Photos of daily life in Afghanistan

Friday, August 10, 2012

Photos of daily life in Afghanistan

turbansdonotequalterrorists:

By Alex Treadway

Portrait of an Afghan girl.
By Lan Dalat

Afghan National Army Soldier

ghazalaa:

watanafghanistan:
Fekiria, 14 (left), practices the cello during class alongside Zahra, 14 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music on September 26, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s first and only music high school

throughthethickandthin:

Two Afghan children are interested in the camera equipment used by SPC Eric Cabral, a combat cameraman from Headquarters, Headquarters Company, Joint Multinational Readiness Cente

salamalaikum:

Playing with a skateboard.. - Afghanistan

Afghan Girls Always Beautiful .

what's under the burqa?

she is!

An Afghan scout salutes visitors at Red Crescent Society Compound in Kabul

Afghan girl scouts!

travelnerd:

Orphans. Kabul, Afghanistan.

orphans. no smiles.

delucazade:

Ganga (by Haitham alshami)

Afghan woman by Majid Saeedi

stevemccurry:

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

A villager is harvesting wheat in one of the fields located next to the Buddhas of Bamiyan’s archaeological site.

lesprittmodesteee:

Back Street Jalalabad by Jeremy Rata on Flickr.

“The best richness is the richness of the soul.” - Prophet Muhammad (Peace be with him) [Bukhari]

“Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.” - Mother Teresa

watanafghanistan:

There is only one girls’ school in the entire region of Helmand. The director is often threatened but continues to struggle to provide education to young afghans but until when? - Helmand Afghanistan

A man isn’t poor if he can still laugh. -Raymond HitchcockPhoto by Seamus Murphy Photography

faroofash:

Work continues regardless.

By Martin Middlebrook

Jamilah, 25, is a leg amputee. She is pictured here with her son Javid, 6, and her daughters Bahara, 3, and baby Elham.

Jamilah, 25, is a leg amputee. She is pictured here with her son Javid, 6, and her daughters Bahara, 3, and baby Elham.

‎”The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.”Photo by: Samim Yaquby

landoftheafghan:

An Afghan boy smiles for the camera in the Baraki Barak District, Logar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2010

throughthethickandthin:

Afghan Pashtun Pathan

“Beauty is the illumination of your soul” Afghan girls by Leslie Knott.

Afghan girl in Khowst, Afghanistan, by Jason Epperson.

Afghan children play on a frozen lake in Kabul, on January 18, 2012.

Frozen lake in Kabul

Ikhbal is not afraid of checking the young bactrian’s camel teeth, the Afghan Pamir mountains. Afghanistan.

Ikhbal is not afraid of checking the young bactrian’s camel teeth, the Afghan Pamir mountains. Afghanistan.

HA!

Students studying at Kabul University

(this appears to be an old photo)

Boy in Noorestan, by John G.

An Afghan girl dressed in traditional clothing. By Morteza Herati.To see more of Morteza’s photography, visit and like Afghan Street Photography

cadenced:

Skitching in Afghanistan from a selection of bicycle related photos by photojournalist Steve Mccurry

politics-war:

Afghan Refugee, Pakistan.
Photo: Steve McCurry

An Afghan woman lifts her burqa to speak to her daughter (Photo by Sion Touhig)

explore-the-earth:

Aus-e-Karbaz, Afghanistan

delucazade:

An Afghan girl blows bubblegum while she cooks food for her family in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Farzana Wahidy

Afghan father holds his twin daughters.© Augustin Pictures

“Afghan girls sit patiently on the floor and wait for lunch in their temporary school facilities, March 2010, in the Bala Baluk district of Farah Province, Afghanistan.”Photo by: Christine A. Darius.

“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

antieverythingism:

salamalaikum:

Afghan Nomads cook their food in Afghanistan

Beautiful

nomads

Afghan women march with banners to protest the recent public execution of a young woman for alleged adultery, in Kabul on July 11, 2012

Afghan women march with banners to protest the recent public execution of a young woman for alleged adultery, in Kabul on July 11, 2012

Illumination in the Calligraphy School - The Turquoise Mountain

at a calligraphy school

thewifeofaduke:

“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”

www.facebook.com/afghanistaninphotos

thewifeofaduke:

“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”

www.facebook.com/afghanistaninphotos

love the glasses!

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