Images of Afghanistan

color photographs:

Notes on the Color Photographs:

The primary focus of this collection of photographs is black and white portraits, landscapes and scenes depicting everyday life in Afghanistan.

In the Spring of 2005, I contacted Mr. Hamid Elmi, Cultural Attache at the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington D.C. and provided him with CD’s containing many of the black and white images present on this website. Mr. Elmi was quite enthusiastic about the photos and encouraged me to continue my efforts to find ways to make them available to a wider audience.

Some weeks later Mr. Elmi contacted me to ask if I had any photos specifically showing Kabul and environs from the era. In reviewing my collection of photos I selected a number of color images taken about 1974 from a vantage point on one of the hills overlooking Kabul with the Paghman Range as a back-drop.

I sent large prints of several of these to Mr. Elmi, who shared them with the Minister of Tourism and Culture. I have included these panoramic views of Kabul and several others in this collection in case viewers might like to see them.

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Kabul Panorama	Kabul Panorama
Kabul Panorama	Kabul Panorama
Kabul Panorama	Kabul River
Kabul River	Kargha Lake
Muddy Kabul Bazaar	The Zargoona Maidan market. The fruits and vegetables in the market located n the Shar-i-Nau section of Kabul were some of the best in all Asia. All manner of fruits - the sweetest apricots and peaches, Afghan melons famous throughout Asia, pomegranates and grapes, mangoes and bananas from Pakistan could be found here. Beautiful spinach, lettuces, Afghan carrots and a vast array of other root vegetables were available as well.

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