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  • Shah-do-Shamshira Mosque is known as the Mosque of the King with Two Swords. It was built in the 1920s on the order of King Amanullah’s mother on the site of one of Kabul’s first mosques named in honour of an early Muslim king who died fighting Hindu inva

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • The Sham-e-Paris (‘Parisian Evenings’) wedding hall in the Taymani neighbourhood. Common in Pakistan, these huge wedding complexes have sprung up all over Kabul with dining and entertainment halls to seat a thousand on each floor and even an on-site honey

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • A watchtower guarding a street of foreign embassies in central Kabul. For the British army these improvised fortifications are called ‘sangars’, although the term is Dari for ‘barricade’ and is one of the few words the British brought home form the Anglo-

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Historically, Kuchis were strongly pro-Taliban; feelings made more intense by being bombed by NATO off their traditional grazing lands in Helmand. They are allowed to set up camp here on Kabul’s periphery only because it is below a large, new Afghan Army

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • A view of Kabul city centre from Bala Burj.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • A de-mining team from the Mine Detection Centre in Kabul with a member of the German Police who is mentoring them.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • The future leadership of the Afghan Air Force with Maj. Jason A. Church of the US Marines who is training and funding them.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • The Political Staff of the British Embassy.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • Young women in the indoor skatepark of the NGO ‘Skateistan’, set up by American volunteers to help young Afghans improve their skateboarding and indoor rock-climbing skills.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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  • The crew and ground staff of the new independent operator, ‘Safi Airways’.

    Simon Norfolk
    2011
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    2012
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