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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
Blood Flower Poppy plant for opium production in baghlan province | Afghanistan Category | macro

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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

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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
Dangerously round heights In the province of Baghlan: One of the many faces of the country, loesberge, rice fields and rivers. But the region belongs at the moment... Category | Nature
Smoking meat A street restaurant in Kunduz: The predominant offering in these places is kebab grilled on charcoal. As a rule,... Category | people
Hibernation The wintry lanschaft behind a village near Gulaki in Badakhshan province: In spring, the one... Category | Nature
Lockdown Guesthouse Aziz has always been a place of tranquillity in the so-called, noisy and sometimes stinky Kabul after... Category | city
Daily milk work In a village near Gulaki in Badakhshan province: A young girl brings the only dairy cow into the domestic stable... Category | village, people

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Children of the Mountains In a village near Gulaki in Badakhshan province: The children live in a village high up... Category | people
Poor airy living High up in an inhospitable region of the Hindu Kush, a boy stands on the roof of his parents' house. The small mountain village in... Category | portrait
City Whisper View from the cemetery over the Shar-e-Nau district in Kabul with the striking snow-capped Koh-e-Asamai mountain, the highest elevation in the... Category | city
The smell of dust Early in the morning we leave the town of Faizabad in Badakhshan province. The sun has already risen, but is hiding... Category | Nature
Fresh Air Window of a school before the refurbishment: We have largely renovated The Gulaki High School in Badakhshan Province, i.e. we have... Category | village
Fruity Future The three boys try to survive with a fruit stand at the bazaar in Kunduz. | Afghanistan Category | bazaar
City times In downtown Kabul, you can see the Old City in the background. In front of it are buildings from the turn of the century.... Category | architecture, city
Silent Water Excursion destination of the city population: At the Kharga Reservoir near Kabul. | Afghanistan Category | Nature, water
Touching the clouds Deep clouds over the Hindu Kush: A foggy morning welcomes us in the village of Khana Ka in Badakhshan. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
The Bleating of the Sheep On the way to our projects, one crosses a desert section, which is only green in spring and then in the... Category | Nature, animals
Playing with the Cannon In the forecourt of their homes, children play on a disused cannon in the Shar-e-Nau district of Kabul. Inoperable weapons can be found... Category | people
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Ride through the wild Tajikistan Have you ever driven a taxi in Cairo? Also in Cape Town and Rio? All cold coffee, you can forget.... Category | blog
Learning on the edge of the clouds In the deepest Badakhshan: On a cool and rainy day we visit the village of Khana Ka in the middle of the Hindu Kush. The children... Category | people, Nature
Wooden Money Carpenter in his workshop in the mountain town of Jorm in Badakhshan Province | Afghanistan Category | people, portrait
The wet Companion On my taxi ride from Dushanbe to the Afghan border I was accompanied by long lasting rainfalls. | Tajikistan Category | Nature
Truckstop Kunduz: The rear tyre is flat until it is removed, the spare wheel has to wait for its use. | Afghanistan Category | Everyday life
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Cocoa with Opium Together with a few friends from Kunduz who worked for a charity, we wanted to travel by land to Bamiyan.... Category | blog, Nature

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Living Resources Once a week there is a cattle market in Kunduz. Farmers and traders from the region exchange or buy sheep, cattle... Category | bazaar
State Power In the bazaar of Faizabad police officer Samir ensures order | Afghanistan Category | people, portrait
The buzzing of Flies Small butcher's shop in Kunduz: The offer of this butcher is quite clear and our hygiene standards are not necessarily met. |... Category | bazaar
The easygoing Tailor Around noon in the bazaar and no customers: A very relaxed tailor in his shop in Kunduz | Afghanistan Category | people
Transparency Window in a residential building in Kunduz: We had rented the building for our English and computer courses for women. | Afghanistan Category | architecture
Days on the mountain Two shepherds are on a steep climb to the Sheba Plateau in Badakhshan while collecting their sheep. The corresponding... Category | people, animals
Live on the Edge On the Sheba Plateau in Badakhshan: While on the high plateau strong thunderstorms roll up to 3500 meters, the Kuchi... Category | Nature
The Biter As we passed through Char Dara, a dog ran wildly swaying and snapping next to our moving vehicle. Always... Category | animals
Ice feet The cold winter day and the icy wind in Taloqan do not keep the cobbler from his work on the sidewalk.... Category | people, portrait
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Icy Traffic Jam From an upcoming festival, an avalanche and little diziplin. A policeman looks helplessly at the 50-kilometre-long tin avalanche... Category | blog, people
Hindu Kush Finish While we were in a traffic jam on the way to Kunduz, the sun gradually set over the Salang Pass. The... Category | Nature
Autumn Chill In the deepest Hindu Kush an ice-cold river splashes through the autumnal mountain landscape of Badakhshan near Jorm. | Afghanistan Category | Nature