Hindu Kush

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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
Overflight Morning clouds over the Hindu Kush near Faizabad towards Wahadat. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
The Booster View over the Hindu Kush in a UN plane: Thanks to our network, we were able to take the opportunity to fly from the... Category | Everyday life

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The Colored Morning Winter morning in the Hindu Kush: On the mountainous path from Kunduz to Kabul, the ascent to the Salang Pass begins approximately here. The route... Category | Nature
Summit Worlds On the way to the Salang Pass: On the way to the pass, you can discover the most diverse mountain landscapes in the Hindu Kush. Shortly after... Category | Nature
The Crouch During an inauguration of a school near Kabul, in the Shomali Plain, a boy squats on the remains of a... Category | people
The gurgling of water Autumn in deep Badakhshan: Near the village of Khana Ka you can see the now almost empty course of the river in the Hindu Kush,... Category | village, Nature
Apparent calm Floating above the four-thousand-metre peaks: the Hindu Kush between Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
Through the Wild Hindu Kush On washboard tracks for hours between Band-i-Amir and Bamyian. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
Tree Lines Scene in the Hindu Kush: Foggy, rainy and cold day during our drive to the projects in the remote villages in... Category | Nature

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Road to Faizabad Summer day in the Hindu Kush: On the way to Faizabad you pass many small villages in the valley of the Kokcha River. Until far... Category | Nature
Dust and water Always along the Kokcha River between Faizabad and Gulaki in the early morning. On the way to our school project in Badakhshan province.... Category | water
Valley Life Valley in the province of Tahar: The first Hindu Kush foothills nestle against the course of the Khanabad River, which hides life... Category | water
Blurred awakening Early morning in the Kokcha Valley: dust, smoke from wood fires and fog from the river stand over the valley, later it becomes a cloud. Category | Nature
Broken Land On the edge of the route between Taloqan and Kunduz lies a village partly destroyed by the civil war. | Afghanistan Category | village
On the dust path On the road in the mountains of Badakhshan province. Steep climb to the mountain village: For our school project, we visit one of the teachers of the... Category | village
Smoky Heights Early winter morning over the provincial capital Faizabad: It smells of damp dust and sooty wood fire, a very special mixture of smells that I... Category | city
Glowing finish An approaching winter evening, the sun disappears behind the Hindu Kush mountains. Their last rays graze the mountain range near Jorm, for us a... Category | people
Living clay Clay village in Badakhshan: In search of one of our teachers we ended up in this village above the village of Gulaki.... Category | village

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Into the Deep Deep in the Hindu Kush on the way to one of our school projects in the province of Badakhshan: A cloudy day does not stop us... Category | Nature
Wave lights in the mountains Sun and shade over the bizarre landscape between Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif let me once again over the formations of this country... Category | Nature
What will remain? Clay village near Paghman in the evening hour: Typical life in the countryside, rough, hard, dusty and unchanged, always... Category | village, Nature
Wild Afghanistan In the middle of the Hindu Kush: Always uphill to the south to the Salang Pass. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
Against tradition Unusual mud house development in a village in the mountains of Badakhshan province. | Afghanistan Category | architecture, village
Oxygen and stones Far back in the valley of the Kokcha River, in the province of Badakhshan in the deepest Hindu Kush. | Afghanistan Category | Nature, water
Hidden glimpses On the way to one of our project locations in Badakhshan: Over bumpy slopes you crossed numerous mountain villages of the Hindu Kush. As soon as women have a stranger's... Category | village
Hindu Kush Autumn Autumn in Badakhshan Province: In the valley to Eshkashem, always along the Kokcha River. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
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Quiet times in Kabul Memory of the TV Hill above the capital of Afghanistan. Actually, it is not possible for most people to go to the Koh-e-Asamayi,... Category | blog, city
Hindu Kush Rumble In the foreground of the Kokcha River, which is water-scarce in summer: In the province of Badakhshan – an approaching thunderstorm in the mountains of the... Category | Nature
The coolness at altitude One of the six Band-e-Amir lakes in the province of Bamiyan at the Shiite shrine: At an altitude of about 3000 meters is the Lake District, west of... Category | Nature
Summer Mountains View over the city of Jabal-Os-Saraj: In the background the four-thousanders of the Hindu Kush. | Afghanistan Category | city
The dwindling power Provincial capital Faizabad: The emerald green Kokcha River winds through the mountains of the Hindu Kush. In the end, it flows into the Amu... Category | Nature, city
Cloudy mountains On the way between the mountains of the Hindu Kush in Badakhshan province to Faizabad on a grey rainy day. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
Life in the border zone A resident in Faizabad has built a small grocery store in his house wall with views of the mountains of the Hindu Kush... Category | people
Winter Water Rainy day in the Hindu Kush mountains at Kharga Reservoir near Kabul, one of the largest water reservoirs at the gates of the capital. The... Category | Nature
Towards Winter The Hindu Kush in all its facets: One of the many beautiful views along the Kokcha River in Badakhshan Province. |... Category | Nature

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The Glow of the Hindu Kush Dust and heat in Wardak province shortly after sunset envelops the landscape in a diffuse light. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
The glow in the Valley Walk in the autumnal valley in the province of Wardak: The grain fields are prepared for the coming winter, the winter seed is green and... Category | Nature
Hindu Kush Thunder Return from Kunduz to Kabul: thunderstorm front over the mountains at Doshi on the way towards Salang Pass. | Afghanistan Category | Nature
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
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
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
Towards the autumn Return journey from Faizabad to Kunduz: A wet autumn day accompanies us on our journey. The countryside near Keshem... Category | Nature
Hibernation The wintry lanschaft behind a village near Gulaki in Badakhshan province: In spring, the one... Category | Nature
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