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An Afghan farmer works in turnip fields on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif on Jan. 27, 2014. (Mustafa Najafizada/AP)

Naturally dammed lakes at Band-i-Amir in the Hindu Kush. Taken in 1971. Bamiyan, Afghanistan

A man rides his “Hodna” motorcycle through the streets of Kabul. Note the old Soviet-era motorcycle behind him.

Taken in September 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan

A Young Lady Reclining After a Bath by Muhammad Mu’min, 1590s

Miniature Afghanistan, Herat 378 × 241 mm The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

from the book ‘Taliban’ by Thomas Dworzak

Inside a Wakhi house in Kret village, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan.

Afghanistan by Najibullah Musafer 

Afghanistan 

by Najibullah Musafer