The Lakes of Bandiamir near Bamiyan in Central Afghanistan - 1995.

The road from Mazar in Northern Afghanistan to Bamiyan in Central Afghanistan. The journey takes about two days if the weather is good. The area is isolated and relies on the spring wheat crop to supply it with food. These two photos were taken during a journey to investigate supplying the area with emergency aid, because landslides had cut off access to their main supply route. Improving road access would bring tremendous change to communities in these isolated areas.

The Budhas of Bamiyan in Central Afghanistan in 1995. They were destroyed by the Taliban.

A fort built on the Silk Route, near Miamana, Northern Afghanistan. It has  been used by the armies of Ghengis Khan, Afghan kings, the Taliban, The United States and Uzbeck forces. In between wars, it is home to nomads.

Boys hunt for scrap iron on the edge of the "Desert of Lilies" - Dashti Layli - near Shebaghan, Northern Afghanistan.

  Herat, Western Afghanistan. The remains of a mosque.

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