Photos of Afghanistan in the past few years

Afghanistan. Kabul. December 19, 2010. Afghan artist stands in front of her graffiti in the industrial park, which depicts a group of women in a burqa, rising from the sea, which symbolizes purity.

 

September 23, 2010. One of the 29 graduates of the military academy, who became the first woman in the service of the Afghan National Army.

 

May 1, 2013. Afghan singer hip-hop during a speech at the only art festival in the country school

 

Afghanistan. Kandahar. December 17, 2011. US Army sergeant, a native of Baghdad Lydia Admunabdfani writes information about the local woman, who came to the Women's Center near dawn

 

Afghanistan. Herat. August 18, 2011. Afghan Bibi Hur cries over her injured daughter. The woman lost three of her children and two others were seriously injured in the attack, which killed 20 people

 

Afghanistan. Kabul. March 6, 2006. Afghan widow, taking part in a demonstration in the center of the humanitarian organization CARE. Hundreds of widows to protest due to the cessation of food distribution

 

Afghanistan. Kabul. November 24, 2011. Afghan women and girls enjoying a concert singer and Goodwill Ambassador Farhad Darya UN - "Afghan Elvis."

 

Afghanistan. Kabul. July 11, 2012. 16-year-old Momtaz - the victim of an acid attack - involved in the protest against the recent public execution of a young woman in Parwan province.

Afghanistan. Kabul. April 11, 2013. Afghan in a burqa is holding her newborn child.

 

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Photos of Bala Hissar fort in 1879

A selection from the British Library’s stunning collection of images from the Second Afghan War (1878-1880). The Bala Hissar (Persian for “high fortress”) is a 5th century fort on the Kuh-e-Sherdarwaza (Mountain of the Lion’s Gate). The walls are 20 feet high and 12 feet thick, and it is actually two distinct facilities; the lower fort contained stables, barracks and the former royal palaces; the upper fort was home to an armoury and a jail.

Upper Bala Hissar, looking down onto the palace and gardens, with the Kabul Valley beyond

Looking along the wall of the mighty Bala Hissar fort towards the burnt-out Residency in Kabul.

Burnt-out ruins of the Residency at the Bala Hissar fort in Kabul. The British Resident, Major Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari, KCB, CSI, was killed here along with his staff—and 71 defending officers and enlisted men—on September 3rd, 1879 by mutinous Afghan troops.

Panoramic view looking along the walls of the Bala Hissar Fort in Kabul, Afghanistan, with Shah Shahid Gate in foreground.

Bengal Sappers and Miners, Indian Army. Bala Hissar from Sher Denwaza.

Upper Bala Hissar from gate above Residency, Kabul.

Upper Bala Hissar from west.

South face, Upper Bala Hissar.

The Diwan-i-Am or audience hall of the Amir at Kabul, Afghanistan, with the fortress of Bala Hissar in the background

I found these photos on this site.