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Robert Lankenau | profile | all galleries >> Afghanistan >> Farah tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Farah

Photos from a trip to not-so-safe Farah province in April 2005. The highlight there was Faraidoon Castle (wow!!), a huge citadel supposedly built by Alexander the Great and later destroyed by invaders (the Mongols?). A village near Farah City is also home to the shrine of the Indian Sufi Sayyed Mohamed Jaunpuri (locally revered as Mir Sayed Mohamed Agha) that receives lots of visitors from India and Pakistan, or so I was told.
At a chaikhana (tea house)
At a chaikhana (tea house)
Roadside guards
Roadside guards
An Afghan service station
An Afghan service station
A typical Farah homestead
A typical Farah homestead
Spice dealer
Spice dealer
View over Farah City towards Castle
View over Farah City towards Castle
Farah City
Farah City
Looming mountains over Farah
Looming mountains over Farah
Trucks
Trucks
Farah's Ministry of Agriculture
Farah's Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture compound
Ministry of Agriculture compound
School tents in a village
School tents in a village
Our guards
Our guards
The school yard...
The school yard...
An elementary school
An elementary school
The Shrine of the Sufi Mir Sayyid Mohamed Agha
The Shrine of the Sufi Mir Sayyid Mohamed Agha
The Shrine's interior
The Shrine's interior
The Mir Sayyid Mohamed Agha shrine
The Mir Sayyid Mohamed Agha shrine
Taking a break
Taking a break
The shrine's custodian
The shrine's custodian
Having fun
Having fun
Barren Farah...
Barren Farah...
Faraidoon castle
Faraidoon castle
Powerful walls
Powerful walls
I was awestruck...
I was awestruck...
On the look-out?
On the look-out?
The castle's walls
The castle's walls
View towards the Farah City
View towards the Farah City
Shepheard within the ancient city
Shepheard within the ancient city
What once was a bustling city...
What once was a bustling city...
...is now just open expanse
...is now just open expanse
A small citadel within the walls
A small citadel within the walls
Our group photo
Our group photo
Farah desert
Farah desert
Positioning the gun in case of trouble...
Positioning the gun in case of trouble...