After meeting with my tour guide, driver and body guard I had arranged for the trip, we headed off on the busy road north of Kabul for the 3 hour drive to the Panjshir valley.


Fresh fish for sale during a stop in one of the towns on the drive north.


After driving for a couple of hours, we stopped for a break by the Panjshir river.


And snacked on some fresh locally grown grapes.


Mr. Akheem, my driver for the trip.


My bodyguard, Mr. Aleem, with his AK-47 at the ready.