In the war-ridden Afghanistan, thousands of street children flood the streets and alleys of Kabul. But there is something very powerful, somehow haunting, in the smile of this girl laying on t...
5 August 2007, more than 100 women held a demonstration in front of UN mission headquarters in Kabul, as a response to the news of the discovery of mass graves in Dasht-e-Chamtala, outskirts...
Buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan, is usually held in winter and around the Naoruz New Year celebration. Buzkashi is the ancestor of polo, of which the horse riders fight to get a ...
Afghanistan is often associated with dry desert. In fact, the country is very mountainous. More than 70 percent of Afghanistan terrain is mountain. The capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, is also...
An Afghan boy in Kabul hides beneath his mother's burqa, while his mother and other women were queuing for food aid distribution in an unmarked Catholic charity organization. In Afghanistan,...
Boys enjoy the celebration of Naoruz (Persian New Year) holiday in a Kabul ground, by playing various games, including kite flying, kite running, and manual merry-go-round. Despite the almos...
Afghan boys enjoy a cool dip in a swimming pool in central Kabul, amidst hod and scorching summer day. The swimming pool is open to public, and only for male visitors. The mixing of both gen...
The Turkmen kids of Daulatabad, Balkh province in northern Afghanistan are excited to welcome the arrival of the ice cream seller amidst hot summer day. The Turkmens are Turkic-speaking nom...
Burqa was the compulsory costume for Afghan women during the Taliban. After the fall of Taliban, Afghan women may choose freely whether to wear the full-enveloping burqa or merely headscarf ...