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narjoman wrote:
Thanks for the kind words. They were taken back in 2012. I've been to a few places where there are violent insurgencies, and the thing that is always surprising is just how normal things are. Reading the news you forget that 99% of life for 99% of people in those places is still just going to work, shopping, hanging out with friends, etc. But yes honestly it was fairly dangerous there then, and when I went back in 2014 even more so. I speak Dari--albeit with an Iranian accent--and can blend in decently with local clothes and a tan so I was able to get around much more comfortably than obvious foreigners. And it helped to have local friends watching my back!
If and when there is peace there, I think Afghanistan will go back to being a wonderful place to visit, as it was back in the days of hippie road trips from Morocco to India. Untapped possibilities for both cultural tourism and adventure sports like mountain climbing, river sports, skiing etc are endless....Show more →
Thank you for the information. The context makes the pictures all the more interesting and striking. Yes, to how most of the people may be going about their lives during the kind of war that is on-going in Afghanistan. But it is also striking how deep the divisions can be in a country where people have to go about those lives in close proximity to others who might quite easily choose to grievously harm them.
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