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Herat, Afghanistan.
People of Herat.
People of Herat.
Pic taken by Osman Khayyam.
Pic taken by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat: An elderly man in his plastic selling shop.
Photo by Morteza Herati.
Photo by Morteza Herati.
People of Herat: old men chatting and having a good time.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat: portrait of a girl.
People of Herat: A teenage boy cycling down the Malan Bridge ("Pul-e Malan") constructed on the Hari Rud river.
Photo by Hossein Hosseini.
Photo by Hossein Hosseini.
People of Herat.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat.
I met this man in 2013 at Khwajah Abdullah Ansar´s shrine.
I met this man in 2013 at Khwajah Abdullah Ansar´s shrine.
People of Herat.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, 1973.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, 1973.
People of Herat.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
Photo by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat: Elderly men sit in a old restaurant.
Photo by: Morteza Herati
Photo by: Morteza Herati
People of Herat: Teenage brothers practicing shooting and playing with rifles in a park.
Photo by Morteza Herati.
Photo by Morteza Herati.
People of Herat: wheelbarrow men waiting for work.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Herat: young students on their way to school.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Herat: an old man at Khwaja Abdullah´s Shrine.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Herat.
Photo taken by Osman Khayyam.
Photo taken by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat: A young man at an old caravanserai.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Dushanbe: Picture of the great Tajik wrestler Muso Isaev. Powerful Iranic features.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Samarkand: An ethnic Tajik melon-seller.
Taken by Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii in 1910.
Taken by Sergey Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii in 1910.
People of Herat: Two friends having a good time at Taraqi Park.
Pic taken in 2015 unfortunately I ignore author´s name.
Pic taken in 2015 unfortunately I ignore author´s name.
People of Herat: Portrait of a girl.
Picture taken by Osman Khayyam.
Picture taken by Osman Khayyam.
People of Mazar: A "chapandaz" (Buzkashi player) taking an award.
Got this picture saved in my computer for years. Can not say who took it and when, but this pic must be at least 50 years old.
Got this picture saved in my computer for years. Can not say who took it and when, but this pic must be at least 50 years old.
People of Nangarhar: Iconic picture of Sharbat Gula, the Pashtun girl.
Picture taken by Steve McCurry for National Geographic, 1984.
Picture taken by Steve McCurry for National Geographic, 1984.
People of Herat: Old men eating grapes with bread.
Picture taken by Morteza Herati.
Picture taken by Morteza Herati.
People of the North: A Buzkashi Game. Somewhere in northern Afghanistan.
Pictures taken by Max Bucherer.
Pictures taken by Max Bucherer.
People of Mazar: An Afghan Malang/Dervish taken in Mazar-e Sharif in 1968. Most likely an ethnic Pashtun.
"L'Orient de Sabrina et Roland Michaud : Malang à Mazar-i-Sherif"
"L'Orient de Sabrina et Roland Michaud : Malang à Mazar-i-Sherif"
People of Bukhara: Two Bukharan Jewish girls in Samarkand, ca 1900.
Unknown photographer.
Unknown photographer.
People of Badghis: A 12-year-old girl holds her baby sister outside a nutrition centre in a camp for internally displaced people near the city of Herat. The two girls came here with their family to escape fighting in their home province of Badghis.
Picture taken by Mr Husseini.
Picture taken by Mr Husseini.
People of Herat: An old man at the mosque.
Picture taken by Osman Khayyam.
Picture taken by Osman Khayyam.
People of Herat: A group of girls playing in a courtyard.
Picture taken by Osman Khayyam.
I love this picture. Reminds me of my grandfather´s house.
Picture taken by Osman Khayyam.
I love this picture. Reminds me of my grandfather´s house.
People of Bukhara: A young couple in traditional attire.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Bukhara: A lovely old couple.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Mazar: Two old friends chatting.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Herat: An old man reading the Quran at "Shahzada Abdul Qasim" mausoleum.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Panjshir: A random man with some very interesting facial features.
Photo by Roya Heydari.
Photo by Roya Heydari.
People of Panjshir: Some Afghan girls from an orphanage run by Mrs Mahboba Rawi.
Picture by Linda Cassidy.
After 40 years of war and destruction, Afghanistan has been left with a terrible legacy of over 1,6 million orphans. Make sure to help them if you can.
Picture by Linda Cassidy.
After 40 years of war and destruction, Afghanistan has been left with a terrible legacy of over 1,6 million orphans. Make sure to help them if you can.
People of Badakhshan: A group of Tajik Taliban praying after dropping their weapons and joining the Afghan government.
Photo: Mohammad Sharif Shayeq.
Photo: Mohammad Sharif Shayeq.
People of Samarkand: Random old Tajik men.
We Tajiks have thousand faces but one same soul.
We Tajiks have thousand faces but one same soul.
People of Kabul: Bookseller.
Photo by Kaveh Kazemi.
Photo by Kaveh Kazemi.
People of Pamir: Forgotten people on the roof of the world.
Amazing phenotype diversity in such relatively small and isolated place.
Amazing phenotype diversity in such relatively small and isolated place.
People of Ishkashim: Two local kids.
Unknown artist.
Unknown artist.
People of Bamiyan: An ethnic Hazara.
Photo taken by Alex Masi.
Photo taken by Alex Masi.
People of Herat: Portrait of a young schoolgirl.
Unknown photographer.
Unknown photographer.
People of Herat: A bearded man.
Unknown photographer.
Unknown photographer.
People of Badakhshan: An Afghan Army officer.
Picture taken by Reinier van Oorsouw.
Picture taken by Reinier van Oorsouw.
People of Kabul.
Unknown photographer.
Unknown photographer.
People of Kandahar.
Picture taken by Guillermo Cervera.
Picture taken by Guillermo Cervera.
People of Kabul.
Picture taken by Massoud Hossaini.
Picture taken by Massoud Hossaini.
People of Herat: Former militants drop attend a ceremony with the Afghan government after handing over their weapons.
Picture by Hoshang Hoshemi.
Picture by Hoshang Hoshemi.
People of Jalalabad: Newly-graduated Afghan police officer.
Picture taken by Rahmat Gul.
Picture taken by Rahmat Gul.
People of Herat.
Picture by Morteza Rezaiy.
Picture by Morteza Rezaiy.
People of Herat: I like his turban.
Took this picture from the page "Travelthewholeworld".
Took this picture from the page "Travelthewholeworld".
People of Kabul.
Picture taken by Awais Yaqub.
Picture taken by Awais Yaqub.
People of Samarkand.
Unknown photographer.
I love this picture.
Unknown photographer.
I love this picture.
People of Herat: One of the most amazing turbans I have ever seen.
Picture by Morteza Rezayi.
Picture by Morteza Rezayi.
People of Kabul: Young girls celebrate their graduation at the American University of Kabul.
Photo by Scott Peterson.
Photo by Scott Peterson.
People of Konya: Two Turk old men chilling outside the mosque. Not our region but this picture is so Central Asian.
Picture by Charles Fred.
Picture by Charles Fred.
People of Tashkurgan: “Chaikhane”, the Tea House.
Images of Roland Michaud. Collection “Rêves et réalités”, Hachette. 1970.
Images of Roland Michaud. Collection “Rêves et réalités”, Hachette. 1970.
People of Kabul.
Picture by Steve McCurry.
Picture by Steve McCurry.
People of Kabul: An armed Mujahedeen posing for camera, 1990.
This picture and many more in this page @AfghanArchive
This picture and many more in this page @AfghanArchive
People of Kata Langar (small city between Shahresabz and Termez): An ethnic Tajik man clapping.
Unknown photographer.
Unknown photographer.
People of Bukhara: Two old Jewish men.
Picture by Max Penson.
Picture by Max Penson.
People of Bamiyan: A cute Hazara girl.
Photo by Ken Scar.
Photo by Ken Scar.
People of Samarkand: An old Tajik man.
Picture by Guillem López.
Picture by Guillem López.
People of #Bukhara: A #Tajik man near #Bukhara, #CentralAsia #Khorasan 1898-1899. Very nice old bohemian style, caftan, turban.
Unknown photographer.
Unknown photographer.
People of #Shomali: A #family having a good time at a #traditional courtyard.
#Shomali is a plain 30 km wide and 80 km long northern #Kabul
#Shomali is a plain 30 km wide and 80 km long northern #Kabul
People of #Samarkand: Group of girls. Beginning of XX century.
Picture from the collection of Boris Golender.
Picture from the collection of Boris Golender.
People of #Kashgar: An #Uyghur gentleman.
Picture by Mimo Khair.
Uyghurs are a very interesting nation.
Picture by Mimo Khair.
Uyghurs are a very interesting nation.
People of #Tajikistan: An old farmer ("dehqân") having lunch.
Picture from the website "CentralAsianGypsies".
Picture from the website "CentralAsianGypsies".
#People of #Faryab: A #dervish/malang at the #bazaar.
“La route de #Samarkand” de Roland et Sabrina MICHAUD, 1983.
“La route de #Samarkand” de Roland et Sabrina MICHAUD, 1983.
People of Ishkashem: A #Tajik man in the market. Ishkashem is a city on the border between #Afghanistan and #Tajikistan This man is from the Afghan side.
Picture by Eric Lafforgue.
Picture by Eric Lafforgue.
People of #Kabul: Local hatter crafts the traditional Qaraqul hat, made from the fur of a local breed of sheep.
Picture from "WorldNomads".
Picture from "WorldNomads".
People of #Samarkand: Portrait of a group of men. 1876-1897.
Photos of the Russian Geographical Society, Colonel Leon Borshchevsky (1849-1910).
Photos of the Russian Geographical Society, Colonel Leon Borshchevsky (1849-1910).
People of #Samarkand: “Traders in the Registan”.
Photo: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Date Photo Taken - 1911.
Photo: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Date Photo Taken - 1911.
People of #Samarkand: A #Chinese doctor
Photographer: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky 1910.
#Khorasan #CentralAsia
Photographer: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky 1910.
#Khorasan #CentralAsia
People of the north: A man from somewhere in northern Afghanistan.
Memoires de l’Afghanistan de Roland et Sabrina Michaud, 1985.
Memoires de l’Afghanistan de Roland et Sabrina Michaud, 1985.
People of Ishkashim: Portrait of man with a white beard,
Badakhshan province. Picture by Eric Lafforgue.
Badakhshan province. Picture by Eric Lafforgue.
People of Kabul: A portrait of an old man.
Picture by John Isaac.
Picture by John Isaac.
People of Bukhara: An old man in traditional clothes at the entrance of the Kalon Mosque.
Frans Sellies.
Frans Sellies.
People of Kabul: Shopkeepers.
Picture taken in 1946 by Maynard Owen Williams.
Picture taken in 1946 by Maynard Owen Williams.
People of Tashqurghân: musicians at the chaikhâna (tea house).
I ignore who took this picture but it is always nice to see damburas, rubabs, ghichaks, longis and chapans.
I ignore who took this picture but it is always nice to see damburas, rubabs, ghichaks, longis and chapans.
Samarkand: Students from Afghanistan and Mongolia enrolled at Soviet colleges and universities in Registan square.
Picture from @SputnikInt 22 July 1983.
Picture from @SputnikInt 22 July 1983.
People of Balkh: Imam at a Friday Sermon, 1971.
People of Ghazni: Old man outside of the Mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznawi.
People of Shahresabz ("Green City" in Persian).
By Ian Cowe.
By Ian Cowe.
People of Jirghitol (small city in northeastern Tajikistan).
Picture by Olivier Galibert.
Picture by Olivier Galibert.
People of Wakhân: A Wakhi woman dressed in a brightly coloured red garment, marked with a myriad of patterns and textures represents the inhabitants of the Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan.
By Alexander Khimushin.
By Alexander Khimushin.
People of Kabul: Some youngsters looking at a Hollywood movie poster at the Kabul Cinema.
Picture taken in 1946 (not sure if this date is correct).
Picture taken in 1946 (not sure if this date is correct).
People of Khiva/Khwarezm: Lovely old Uzbek man. Very aesthetic haji baba.
Picture by Elena Petrova.
Picture by Elena Petrova.
People of Bukhara: Religious students at the Pâyi Kalan Mosque, 1918
People of Merv: An ethnic Turkmen rug dealer.
People of Herat: Calligrapher.
People of Herat: an old man sitting in front of his store in the old parts of the city of Herat.
Picture from مجله دوربین.
Picture from مجله دوربین.
People of Panjshir: Mahmoud Khan, known as "the Emir of Panjshir", personal friend and aide of Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Picture taken in 1987 by Richard McKenzie.
Picture taken in 1987 by Richard McKenzie.
People of Kashgar: An ethnic Uyghur making a musical instrument.
Picture by Jankech Philippe.
Picture by Jankech Philippe.
People of Ishkashim: old man at the bazaar.
Picture by Joaquin Barata.
Ishkashim is split between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. This picture was taken on the Afghanistani side.
Picture by Joaquin Barata.
Ishkashim is split between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. This picture was taken on the Afghanistani side.
People of Samarkand: Old man in traditional attire (1969).
People of Bukhra: an ethnic Tajik man.
He is so cute.
He is so cute.
