It's always great to hear - and see - what former students are up to. Recently Tony Belgrave got in touch and sent me these photos that he's taken recently in Afghanistan.
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| Resident holy man in a shrine in Herat |
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| View of Bamyan valley from the "city of screams" |
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| Cascading lakes of Band-e-Amir |
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| Woman in burqa in Mazar-e-Sharif |
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| Old caravanserai in herat |
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| View from meditation caves in Bamyan complete with 3-7th century frescoes of the Buddha |
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| Herat Citadel |
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| Dragon valley |
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| Entering the great mosque of Herat |
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| Hazara girl |
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| Entrance to the kings hunting lodge in Khulm |
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| Dense housing rising above a cemetery in Kabul |
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| Holy man in Herat |
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| Bamyan tailor heating his iron on a gas stove |
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| Kite runners chasing down fallen kites |
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| Night market action |
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| Mazar-e-Sharif's blue mosque by night |
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| Moon and minaret |
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| Kid manualing in the Musalla Complex, Herat |
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| Panjshir Valley |
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| Praying inside a Shia shrine |
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| Jovial shepherd in Samangan |
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| Shrine in Khulm |
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Sufi smoking hashish
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| Inside a bazaar |
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| Schoolgirl |
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| Buddhist stupa carved out of a mountainside |
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| Sufi praying |
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| Ancient tiles |
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| Tunnels connecting underground Buddhist monastery |
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| Wrestling in the park, Kabul |
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