Afghanistan

Hindu Kush Thunder Return from Kunduz to Kabul: thunderstorm front over the mountains at Doshi on the way towards Salang Pass. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
Threatening signs Zerstörte Kriegsgeräte sind im Land immer noch häufig zu finden, so wie dieses Wrack eines russischen Panzers am Wegesrand bei... Category | Everyday life
Fits and Full Entrance to a furniture bazaar in Kunduz: A typical Afghan-style truck is shunted into a gate for unloading. | Afghanistan Category | Everyday life

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They know what they're doing... …an einer Baustelle in Kabul: Die ersten Schritte für einen Neubau im Stadtteil Shar-e-Naw haben begonnen. Der Keller wird gerade... Category | people
The caressing sun Landscape in Wardak Province: The sun catches one of the mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, while in the valley before that the... Category | Nature
The Flying Paper The kite firmly in view: A boy in Kabul has successfully flown his kite. Now he has to keep it up and... Category | people
Peaceful Mountains For a few days we spent in a valley in a guest house in the province of Wardak. Autumn atmosphere, walks and... Category | Nature
Ups and downs On the roof terrace of a house in the village of Istalif, overlooking the mountains of the Hindu Kush: The city is located on the... Category | people
Tea hour Enjoying the sunny autumn day, a pot of tea, a daily newspaper are enough to make you feel at home in Shar-e-Naw Park in Kabul. | Afghanistan Category | people
The Well Kids A well for the nearby village is installed directly on the main road towards Faizabad in Badakhshan province. The children... Category | people, water

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Fruitful connection A shop in Faizabad offers a very rich offer of fruit. A lot is grown in the country, but also imports... Category | bazaar
Waterfront The Kokcha River in Badakhshan has overflowed its banks and flooded an adjacent field with trees. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
Copper to the People Arts blacksmith in front of one of his works in Faizabad | Afghanistan Category | bazaar
In the gently rolling hills For one to three weeks in March/April, the desert Aabdan in the North of Kunduz is the juicy green, will be of... Category | Nature
Stone Age in Kabul Construction site in Kabul: Mixing cement all day makes you tired. The workers in the Shar-e-Naw district are doing their first thing on site... Category | people
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The tea heater on the main street A lucrative business in Kabul. It smells like coal fire, but that's just the fuel for a monstrous samowar.... Category | blog, people
Centimetre of living space A carpenter in the Shar-e-Naw district of Kabul is measuring his workpiece. The craftsman specializes in furniture construction.... Category | people
Food for chewing gum In the streets of Kabul in the Shar-e-Naw district: For the sale of a chewing gum, the boy can at least get a loaf of bread... Category | people
Cruising Kabul Rafi was the driver of our choice, whenever we were in Kabul we contacted him. With his taxi... Category | people

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Fragile education School in Baghlan Province 2004: The long civil war has also left its mark on the educational directions. In 2012... Category | architecture
Autumn Move On the main road, just behind the village of Jorm in the direction of Faizabad, a few men on their mules are on the way to the... Category | people
Silver, jade, lapis lazuli and precious metal In the Shar-e-Nau district of Kabul, near the famous Flower Street, the boys have made their way to the... Category | people
Courage trials Early in the evening, after a very hot day, some brave people meet and jump from the Kunduz Bridge into... Category | people
Studying faith Simple and fast-built mosque near Polytechnic University in Kabul. | Afghanistan Category | architecture
Towards the autumn Return journey from Faizabad to Kunduz: A wet autumn day accompanies us on our journey. The countryside near Keshem... Category | Nature
Hold Up Mode In the village of Baluk, North of Kunduz, the young Paschtune Ahmed lives with his family, the with a small farm... Category | portrait
Photo Art Observation in the mirror: In a photo shop in Kunduz, a customer is waiting for a photo appointment, where he has time to... Category | people
Photo Session In front of a photo shop in Kunduz, a young girl, strangely styled, waits, wig, gold plastic jewelry and plush dresses included. So everyone has... Category | people
School is out for... Girls at a village school in Char Dara district, near Kunduz, romp on the clay farm. In primary school... Category | village
Peace Service The Mediothek in Kunduz shortly after the opening. The Mediothek Afghanistan was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization in Afghanistan. You... Category | architecture
Utopia Display in a photo and copy shop in Kunduz. Presumably no woman in Kunduz and the surrounding area will be photographed like this.... Category | Everyday life
Hole in the Wall All clay: Entrance to a residential building in Kunduz. The idiosyncratic passage way with the imposing door lintel is typical of the old... Category | architecture
Green Sheeps and other animals Behind the herds of cattle rise the Loess mountains in the province of Baghlan. Now in summer they are dusty and dry, different... Category | Nature
Dog break In a mountain village near Gulaki in Badakhshan province: In winter, herds of cattle are in their stables... Category | village
The wet pleasure Playground on the Kunduz River: The boys from a village in the Qalay-i-Zal district spend their day on one of the many sandbanks... Category | people
Veiling Here on land, the compulsory mask is discussed, and the burqa for women in Afghanistan is the worst burden. This will be... Category | village

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Blood Flower Poppy plant for opium production in baghlan province | Afghanistan Category | macro
The Scent of Corn In the quarter Shar-e-Nau in Kabul: baker's son with fresh crusty afghan bread | Afghanistan Category | people, portrait
The street vegetables in the midday heat On the busy main road of the provincial capital Kunduz, two boys posed with their small vegetable stand. On offer are... Category | people
Sand for the sheep In the Qalay-i-Zal Desert: On the route to the Kunduz River you pass various villages, mainly farmers live in the region,... Category | village
Water Meadow A huge playground: A boy from a village enjoys himself on the beach of the Kunduz River. The Qalay-i-Zal district exists... Category | people
Leaving Salang At Salang Pass: During a traffic incident, a young girl watches what happens in the car queue. | Afghanistan Category | people
Clay and Bread In the not harmless region of Baghlan, numerous mud villages line up in the fertile river valleys of the Kunduz River. The... Category | village
Potato soup with onions Today on offer fresh harvest from the fields around Kunduz: potatoes and onions at the bazaar of Kunduz. | Afghanistan Category | bazaar
The feet in the Soup A boy on his vegetable cart casually waits for customers at the bazaar in Kunduz. | Afghanistan Category | bazaar
Rice Mountains In the province of Baghlan: In the first half of the year, rice mainly grows in the river valleys. After that, in the... Category | Nature
Money? In their shop in Kunduz, the guys are waiting for customers, what their business model is, isnot really right away to... Category | people
Wooden gates of this world During a trip we passed a village with this gate to a farmstead in the district of Char Dara. The region is... Category | village