Photography

Photo credits

Most photographs on this site are our own. Where we use a photograph by someone else, we credit them here and next to the image, under the licence they chose.

  • Shelves of antiques and traditional crafts in a shop on Chicken Street, Kabul
    Shelves of antiques and traditional crafts in a shop on Chicken Street, Kabul Photo: Casimiri at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Folded ochre ridges of Dragon Valley (Darra-e Ajdahar) near Bamyan
    Folded ochre ridges of Dragon Valley (Darra-e Ajdahar) near Bamyan Photo: Danial, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Ruined mud-brick citadel of Shahr-e-Gholghola on its hill near Bamyan
    Ruined mud-brick citadel of Shahr-e-Gholghola on its hill near Bamyan Photo: WilliamEHenry, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Wide valley and mountains near Sarhad-e Broghil in the Wakhan Corridor
    Wide valley and mountains near Sarhad-e Broghil in the Wakhan Corridor Photo: Benoît Vicart, CC0 1.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Terraced mountain village in Nuristan
    Illustrative photo: Kashtun village, Waygal valley, Nuristan (not Barg-e Matal itself) Photo: Abdul Qahar Nuristan, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Dried white mulberries
    Dried white mulberries Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Sugarcane for sale in a Jalalabad market
    Sugarcane for sale in a Jalalabad market Photo: SPC Vang Seng Thao, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Grape vineyards in Kandahar Province
    Grape vineyards in Kandahar Province Photo: U.S. Department of Defense (DVIDS), Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Farmers tending a potato field near Bamyan
    Farmers tending a potato field near Bamyan Photo: Sgt. Ken Scar (U.S. Armed Forces), Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Chilgoza pine forest in south-eastern Afghanistan
    Chilgoza pine forest in south-eastern Afghanistan Photo: Abdul qayoum, CC BY 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Wild pistachio tree on a dry hillside
    Wild pistachio tree on a dry hillside Photo: Ayri8888, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Honey melons at a northern Afghan market
    Honey melons at a northern Afghan market Photo: Julian-G. Albert, CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Stacked fresh watermelons at a market stall
    Stacked fresh watermelons at a market stall Photo: PAULIX04, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • A mix of golden and dark raisins
    A mix of golden and dark raisins Photo: Bim24, CC BY 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Whole and cracked walnuts
    Whole and cracked walnuts Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Glazed turquoise pottery on display in an Istalif shop
    Glazed turquoise pottery on display in an Istalif shop Photo: Tigerlily143, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • A pottery merchant in Istalif with his wares
    A pottery merchant in Istalif with his wares Photo: Afghanistan Matters from Brunssum, Netherlands, CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Historical photograph of pottery stacked outside a house in Istalif
    Historical photograph of pottery stacked outside a house in Istalif Photo: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Istalif village on its hillside above the Shamali Plain
    Istalif village on its hillside above the Shamali Plain Photo: Christopher Killalea, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • A fruit seller with his cart in a Herat bazaar
    A fruit seller with his cart in a Herat bazaar Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • The blue-tiled Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-e Sharif
    The blue-tiled Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-e Sharif Photo: AhmadElhan, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Sunset over the hills north of the Kabul River near Jalalabad
    Sunset over the hills north of the Kabul River near Jalalabad Photo: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; the adapted image is shared under the same licence.
  • Kabul city skyline against the mountains
    Kabul city skyline against the mountains Photo: Jim Kelly, CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP.
  • Two local boys cycling up a dirt road in the Bamyan valley, the empty Buddha niche in the cliffs behind
    Editorial photo, 2012: local children, not tour guests Photo: Sgt. Ken Scar, U.S. Army, Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP.
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