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Life After the Taliban

Local hatter crafts the traditional Qaraqul hat, made from the fur of an endemic breed of sheep, in Kabul.

AFGHANISTAN | Thursday, 20 December 2012 | Views [2291] | Comments [2] | View Smaller Image

Local hatter crafts the traditional Qaraqul hat, made from the fur of an endemic breed of sheep, in Kabul.

An entire Muslim family attending the weekly Friday prayers at the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e Sharif.
Although Taliban laws dictating that women must mandatorily wear the characteristic chadri in public are no longer enforced, women still continue to wear it. Similarly, women can easily be spotten walking behind the husband, just like it was required by the Taliban - back then with a strict rule of no less than 5 meter behind the man.

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War remains from past and recent conflicts abound all around the country. This one, an old russian tank, is found on the road from Kabul to Bamiyan.

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