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Dasht-e-Margo (Desert of Death), Afghanistan
Dashti Margo or "Desert of Death" is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan and is south of Khandahar. The Dasht-e-Margo Desert covers a wide swath of southern Afghanistan and, is intersected into parcels by the north/south Helmand and Farah Rivers. ...
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Bala Hissar Fort, Kabul, Afghanistan
Bala Hissar or the High Fort, sits to the south of Kabul at the tail end of the Koh-e-Sher darwaza (Mountain of the lion's gate) and rises 150 feet above the plains. The famous walls of Kabul, which are a staggering 20 feet high and 12 feet thick, start at the natural fortress and follow the m...
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Arthal Bridge, Kabul, Afghanistan
This historic bridge over Kabul River is in the heart of Kabul in Afghanistan. It began to be popularly known as 'Khuda Gawah' bridge after the Amitabh starrer movie was shot on this bridge. Currently, AGOC is currently implementing a project with the purpose of constructing a new Arthal B...
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Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan
Mazār-i-Sharīf or Mazār-e Sharīf is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan. The region around Mazar-e-Sharif has been historically part of Greater Khorasan and was controlled by the Tahirids followed by the Saffarids, Samanids, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, Ilkhanates, Timurids, and Khanate of Bukhara un...
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Buddhas of Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Located at about 2400 meters above sea level the Bamiyan Valley offers a tranquil atmosphere to its visitors with snow caped range of Kohe-e-Baba in the South and by steep sandstone cliffs in the North, in which massive statues of Buddha were carved. The area of Bamiyan flourished under the reigns o...
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For 15 centuries the Bamiyan Buddhas watched benignly over the Bamiyan Valley. The statues stood at the end of an avenue lined with poplar trees. These trees are silvery-white with black spots and looks different and stunning against the stark brown landscape....
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Band-e Amīr, Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Band-e Amīr, a chain of six natural lakes connected by natural calcium carbonate dams, lies 75 kilometers west of Bamiyan in the central Hindu Kush Mountains. The name literally means "Commander's Dam" which is a reference to Imam Ali, the first imam of the Shia Muslims and the fourt...
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Green Palace, Kabul
Green Palace is the building facing Darul-Aman Palace in Kabul. It lies in ruins too. It is situated in the Paghman Gardens, next to the Darul-Aman Palace. In the summer Paghman is popular for picnics and days out of the city....
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Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan
Dozens of destroyed tanks still line the road from Kabul to Panjshir Valley. But Panjshir is possibly the most beautiful valley in Afghanistan. The Panjshir Valley is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 km north of Kabul, near the Hindukush mountain range.The valley is home to more than 300,0...
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Darul-Aman Palace, Kabul
Darul-Aman Palace, a European-style palace, now ruined, was built during the 1920s as a part of the reformist King Amanullah Khan's modernization drive. It is an imposing, neoclassical building on a hilltop overlooking a flat, dusty valley in the western part of Kabul.Intended as the seat for a...
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