Herat

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  • The Friday Mosque of Herat was built by the Timurids and extended by several rulers swapping hands down the centuries between the Timurids, Safavids, Mughals and the Uzbeks.<br /> Little of the medieval Mosque remains, after the Anglo-Afghan wars much of the mosque was left destroyed. A program launched in 1945 rebuilt walls and rooms.
  • Road traffic in Afghanistan can be hectic at times, as pictured here in Herat.
  • Father and son on a modern-made "char pahi" (litteral 4-legged), common all over Afghanistan.