A Trip To Afghanistan
Oct 6, 2013, 12:13 am
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Oct 9, 2013, 1:02 pm
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WOW...that's all I can say. Who was your tour booked through? It looks like you saw a lot more in two days than I managed to see in three. Not sure if security has gotten better in the last few years, or if you just had better guides. Way to go!
Oct 9, 2013, 6:12 pm
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Nov 19, 2013, 4:34 am
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. It was just the same company you recommended, Afghan Logistics.
Jan 18, 2014, 9:51 pm
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Thanks, Polomarc.
Although it wasn't totally safe when I went, am glad I did go and hard not to feel the situation is starting to get worse now and the 'door' is slowly closing
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/wo...nt-attack.html
.Although it wasn't totally safe when I went, am glad I did go and hard not to feel the situation is starting to get worse now and the 'door' is slowly closing
.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/wo...nt-attack.html
Nov 12, 2014, 8:58 pm
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Nov 16, 2014, 11:05 pm
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A Trip To Afghanistan
Great TR - I'm impressed! Thanks to you and everyone else for posting TRs of places of curiosity that I don't have time (amongst other things) to visit :-). I also really enjoyed the N Iraq TR. The pigeon market in Afghanistan made me think of the falcons at the airport for N Iraq.
What do people do with the pigeons bought at the pigeon market? Is it for food or something else? If it's food, then does the vendor kill the pigeon at purchase?
What do people do with the pigeons bought at the pigeon market? Is it for food or something else? If it's food, then does the vendor kill the pigeon at purchase?
Nov 16, 2014, 11:11 pm
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Thank you, gaobest. I'm pretty sure the pigeons are for pets:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_keeping
. I'm pretty sure the pigeons are for pets:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_keeping
Aug 8, 2015, 10:05 pm
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Afghanistan is a truly beautiful country, I wasn't there for sight seeing reasons and doubt the OP could have done this trip if it wasn't for the ongoing operations that are and have occurred in the country.
Away with the negative it is a sight to be seen of the change around the Helmand river (or green zone as it was known) between the summer season and the winter flood season!
Away with the negative it is a sight to be seen of the change around the Helmand river (or green zone as it was known) between the summer season and the winter flood season!
Sep 18, 2016, 8:34 am
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Beautiful photos. I was actually born in Kabul and have been back twice: Despite the political reasons for naming Sept 9 "Massoud Day", he was not a hero but a turncoat who (by the CIA's own admission) took bribes from the Russians. He is despised by the majority of Afghans.
In the Makroyan area, where my family lived, a group of young women threw themselves off the roof to avoid being gang raped by his troops. His status as a national hero is merely a political tool to appease supporters of his faction. A family friend of ours knows his relatives, and they've been using the money Massud laundered during the war to buy up massive amounts of real estate throughout Europe. Sorry to say, but the majority of Americans have a very skewed and inaccurate perspective of Massud.
In the Makroyan area, where my family lived, a group of young women threw themselves off the roof to avoid being gang raped by his troops. His status as a national hero is merely a political tool to appease supporters of his faction. A family friend of ours knows his relatives, and they've been using the money Massud laundered during the war to buy up massive amounts of real estate throughout Europe. Sorry to say, but the majority of Americans have a very skewed and inaccurate perspective of Massud.