“Kabul for the most part has an easy unpretentious character, as of a
Balkan town in the good sense of the term. It clusters round a few bare rocky
hills which rise abruptly from the verdant plain and act as defences.
Snow-mountains decorate the distance, the parliament sits in a cornfield, and
long avenues shade the town’s approaches. In winter, at a height of 6,000 feet,
the cold may be inconvenient.”
Robert Byron, “The Road to Oxiana,” 1937
Kabul. Top, 2007. Middle, 2005. Bottom, 2014.
(Photos: Jim Chiavelli)
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