Showing posts with label Kabul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kabul. Show all posts

Monday, October 4, 2010

An Afghan boy sells balloons in Kabul, Afghanistan

An Afghan boy sells balloons in Kabul, Afghanistan
An Afghan boy sells balloons in Kabul, Afghanistan

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Farhad Darya performs during a concert for Afghan women to mark International Peace Day

Farhad Darya performs during a concert for Afghan women to mark International Peace Day
Afghan singer Farhad Darya performs during a concert for Afghan women to mark International Peace Day, in Kabul, Afghanistan

Monday, September 20, 2010

Children fly kites as the moon rises in Kabul, Afghanistan

Children fly kites as the moon rises in Kabul, Afghanistan
Children fly kites as the moon rises in Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghans ride their bicycles back in a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghans ride their bicycles back in a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghans ride their bicycles back in a dusty road in Kabul, Afghanistan

Friday, September 17, 2010

An Afghan Sunni Muslim man pauses his way to pray in front of a mosque

An Afghan Sunni Muslim man pauses his way to pray in front of a mosque
An Afghan Sunni Muslim man pauses his way to pray in front of a mosque at nightfall as the rain approaches in the old part of Kabul

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

A man cries as he hears reports suggesting a Qur'an has been desecrated in the United States.

A man cries as he hears of the desecration of a Quran
A man cries as he hears reports suggesting a Qur'an has been desecrated in the United States. 

Afghan women look on from behind an iron railing at an anti-U.S. protest in Kabul

Afghan women look on from behind an iron railing at an anti-U.S. protest in Kabul
Afghan women look on from behind an iron railing at an anti-U.S. protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, 

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk along a street in Kabul

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk along a street in Kabul on August 12, 2010. The number of civilian casualties in the Afghan war rose by a third in the first six months of 2010, with insurgents killing seven times more civilians than NATO-led troops, a UN report said August 10.
Burqa-clad Afghan women walk along a street in Kabul

Friday, July 30, 2010

An burqa-clad Afghan woman begs following congregational Friday prayers

An burqa-clad Afghan woman begs following congregational Friday prayers outside a mosque in Kabul on July 30, 2010. Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said July 30.
An burqa-clad Afghan woman begs following congregational Friday prayers

Friday, February 19, 2010

Cock-fighting tournament in Kabul

Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 18: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BLACK AND WHITE) Afghan men attend a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, December 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans during the winter season, and similar traditional blood sports are facing a resurgence after being banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 18: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BLACK AND WHITE) Afghan men attend a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, December 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans during the winter season, and similar traditional blood sports are facing a resurgence after being banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 18: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BLACK AND WHITE) Afghan men attend a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, December 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans during the winter season, and similar traditional blood sports are facing a resurgence after being banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 18: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BLACK AND WHITE) Afghan men attend a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, December 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans during the winter season, and similar traditional blood sports are facing a resurgence after being banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 18: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BLACK AND WHITE) Afghan men attend a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, December 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans during the winter season, and similar traditional blood sports are facing a resurgence after being banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 18: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BLACK AND WHITE) Afghan men attend a cock-fighting tournament on a cold winter's day in Kabul, December 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Cock fighting, a popular game amongst Afghans during the winter season, and similar traditional blood sports are facing a resurgence after being banned under the Taliban for being un-Islamic.
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Afghans watch a cock fighting in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

An Afghan man prays at dusk on a hill near Kabu


Dusan Vranic / AP
An Afghan man prays at dusk on a hill near Kabul

Monday, January 18, 2010

A shopping centre burns in Kabul



A shopping centre burns in Kabul, where Taleban suicide bombers and gunmen carried out co-ordinated attacks
Musadeq Sadeq/AP

Clashes between the Taliban and Afghan government forces in Kabul



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clashes between theTaliban and Afghan government forces in Kabul 

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Afghan widows clad in burqas


Afghan widows clad in burqas line up during a cash for work project by humanitarian organisation CARE International in Kabul January 6, 2010. In this project, 500 Afghan widows, most of whom lost their husbands during the civil wars in Afghanistan, make blankets after receiving the materials from CARE.
Credit: REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

A policeman watches as boys play soccer


A policeman watches as boys play soccer in a street in Kabul December 28, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/ Marko Djurica

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A woman listens during an event for women


A woman listens during an event for women to discuss the presidential candidates in Kabul, August 11, 2009.

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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