Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN | Friday, 5 July 2013 | Views [1127] | Comments [1] | View Smaller Image

A man pushes a cart in the rain past one of Kabul’s many wedding halls. The wedding halls are the largest buildings in the city, typically gaudy in design and lit up with colourful neon lights at night. They are a stark contrast to the general poverty of the surrounds and the grey of the dust-coated city.

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A young girl wears jeans and fancy shoes in a street in Kabul. Jeans were practically banned by the Taliban regime because of their Western origin while girls were not allowed outside the home. Now, just over a decade later, a girl is publicly wearing jeans in the street with sparkles on her shoes.

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A doll lies abandoned in a gutter after heavy rain in Kabul.

The drains running alongside either side of the roads in Kabul are usually uncovered and are often used to dispose of rubbish and sewerage.

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cathjam Jul 27, 2013 3:50 AM

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