Afghanistan After Decade Of US Led Invasion

<div style="text-align: justify;">Ten Years. Troops from the United States and other coalition forces have now been in Afghanistan for a decade, following the initial bombing raids carried out by the U.S. on October 7, 2001. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are teenagers now who were just toddlers when their parents first deployed to Afghanistan. The U.S. and some 35 other coalition nations currently have more than 130,000 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, and it's important for us to see what they are dealing with, what we've asked them to do for so long and to see those who are so directly affected by this long conflict, the Afghan people themselves. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the U.S. has been involved for a decade, the people of Afghanistan have known nothing but war for more than 30 years now. </div><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVcJCH0yLcIOjYKRMJbR0cM1Wov2OhpQNws0G2P9sIZf9Dt6RZ_zwYAJEpWqMrjHz1_3T-VUq6FyY7Ou61RGAzWahL7cQQ6Q6g9zkRCJ6owegMm-mJ4nU7asSBBv35eON59V6UYXIrDA/s1600/Afghanistan+Ten+Years+After+US+Invasion+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVcJCH0yLcIOjYKRMJbR0cM1Wov2OhpQNws0G2P9sIZf9Dt6RZ_zwYAJEpWqMrjHz1_3T-VUq6FyY7Ou61RGAzWahL7cQQ6Q6g9zkRCJ6owegMm-mJ4nU7asSBBv35eON59V6UYXIrDA/s640/Afghanistan+Ten+Years+After+US+Invasion+001.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Shahmal (right), 8, and Rahmatullah, 7, who lost their father after U.S. a night raid, pose for a portrait in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2011. The boys' older brother, Abdullah, dreamed of being an interpreter and got good grades until U.S. soldiers arrived at night and shot his father and elder brother. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOC7O6bWmcpuevXD-wZDcwtYw8GcNF2OrEF4SHFsIZiGvYhuZK2moY_FxvZVarn9m9OxgGTfM9MYU2HcwOhRw-z-xB49azIBrZlKudNZi-NjhjfC162iQAlkYgIvGWNstPvyplAdQdjk/s1600/Afghanistan+Ten+Years+After+US+Invasion+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOC7O6bWmcpuevXD-wZDcwtYw8GcNF2OrEF4SHFsIZiGvYhuZK2moY_FxvZVarn9m9OxgGTfM9MYU2HcwOhRw-z-xB49azIBrZlKudNZi-NjhjfC162iQAlkYgIvGWNstPvyplAdQdjk/s640/Afghanistan+Ten+Years+After+US+Invasion+002.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A soldier, part of the coalition forces, holds his weapon during a gun battle with Taliban militants in a building in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 14, 2011.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/afghanistan-after-decade-of-us-led.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Afghanistan After Decade Of US Led Invasion

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Carpet Weaving In Afghanistan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Most highly qualitative and beautiful carpets are nowadays made in Afghanistan. The increasing demand all over the world for Afghan carpets, rugs and other piled goods, as well as killims has stimulated a lively interest in this time-honored craft.  The production of Afghan woven good is extremely varied, and falls into two main classifications: namely the Turkoman and the Beloutch and the Beloutch-type.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Both type are produced by pastoral people of entirely different origin, yet who had the same needs and a constantly available source of wool.  Thus, many of their products were made to serve similar purposes, though each is quite distinct in technique of weave, in color and design.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Not least of the charms of the Afghan carpet is that it is among the few products left the world today that is still made entirely by hand.  Carpet production in Afghanistan is from beginning to end a cottage industry, and for the buyer, represents good value in terms of wear, beauty and adaptability to surroundings.  Another characteristic of Afghan carpets is that they are wholly of wool and all designs are rectilinear.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Today we'll see how the Afghanistan carpets are created.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_p8XwFfLJNoc-NHuFAUu_mDGmrumylE9Hn-S8xqJjbHQQnmSRtYnb193-9tufJpkDNawmZ32BFolfw-Cut98T8IyCCESR2wo1cCHGqNayQlFJH0AFmWughlTt5MaB_p-SjiOv4ZtM7hM/s1600/Afghanistan+Carpet+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_p8XwFfLJNoc-NHuFAUu_mDGmrumylE9Hn-S8xqJjbHQQnmSRtYnb193-9tufJpkDNawmZ32BFolfw-Cut98T8IyCCESR2wo1cCHGqNayQlFJH0AFmWughlTt5MaB_p-SjiOv4ZtM7hM/s640/Afghanistan+Carpet+001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxHrad87R8e9katUYrCnzX94R38O0Dv8kagBJ4JWKri9v6gqeQ7KPcfK4P5uKS6RBw7ciHpA5jP8fZxF6DhcO8qyoHmV__Ak-lEdntKmBS2R6keLH7r6US2zdyOLR_3U8FmIfxSVG9eQ/s1600/Afghanistan+Carpet+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmxHrad87R8e9katUYrCnzX94R38O0Dv8kagBJ4JWKri9v6gqeQ7KPcfK4P5uKS6RBw7ciHpA5jP8fZxF6DhcO8qyoHmV__Ak-lEdntKmBS2R6keLH7r6US2zdyOLR_3U8FmIfxSVG9eQ/s640/Afghanistan+Carpet+002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/09/carpet-weaving-in-afghanistan.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Carpet Weaving In Afghanistan

Most highly qualitative and beautiful carpets are nowadays made in Afghanistan. The increasing demand all over the world for Afghan carpets,...

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The People Of Afghanistan

<div style="text-align: justify;">Devastated by years of wars, the people stood still. Afghanistan, which literally means Land of the Afghan, is a mountainous land-locked country located in Central Asia. It has a history and culture that goes back over 5000 years. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Throughout its long, splendid, and sometimes chaotic history, this area of the world has been known by various names. In ancient times, its inhabitants called the land Aryana. In the medieval era, it was called Khorasan, and in modern times, its people have decided to call it Afghanistan. The exact population of Afghanistan is unknown, however, it is estimated to be somewhere around 21-26 million.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Photos of Mazar-i-Sharif and Faizabad and its people, and have a feel on how the living in this fascinating country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBUNDmyke9fmZm1MS3-XmL5j8VbFd9H-fUwlTi9NR-1I_itPMZTRczZZyzG7N1O8DNpR1ulFoC65dRhO95r_ueV35b4M2fS0WF1ZTekSC8Eups44-5HXTAR5QOCX-zu6DsEfVV3FOM_4L/s1600/faizabadafghanistan-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBUNDmyke9fmZm1MS3-XmL5j8VbFd9H-fUwlTi9NR-1I_itPMZTRczZZyzG7N1O8DNpR1ulFoC65dRhO95r_ueV35b4M2fS0WF1ZTekSC8Eups44-5HXTAR5QOCX-zu6DsEfVV3FOM_4L/s640/faizabadafghanistan-19.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGhpkygh3KIYsdHdMGxjwMhQjy1WjLwZMPyoQzo1aRqz5dOM7I03lkjoKbRzBw-1J6DYxPOezPnOU7av0qDSAgl9iPVCNeDkgvDWjWURp3AD2fIxtCZ2QR3yCdLFtuPF0Fde4rkaoMHt4/s1600/marketinmazar-i-sharif-35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGhpkygh3KIYsdHdMGxjwMhQjy1WjLwZMPyoQzo1aRqz5dOM7I03lkjoKbRzBw-1J6DYxPOezPnOU7av0qDSAgl9iPVCNeDkgvDWjWURp3AD2fIxtCZ2QR3yCdLFtuPF0Fde4rkaoMHt4/s640/marketinmazar-i-sharif-35.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/people-of-afghanistan.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

The People Of Afghanistan

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Phone Photography

<div style="text-align: justify;">In capable hands, even a camera phone can produce nice images. A famous journalist Balazs Gardi took collection of these pictures with an iPhone when he was in Afghanistan. Also don't forget to view previous entry about <a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/afghanistan-once-upon-time_22.html">Afghanistan Once Upon A Time</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn6mrvuwcmV5-UpI7HrQ2waahoZuJ_s2Yy-oJOSegg5nTEDBsoFgQFUk9DBcWWKTnyhRN5cIGNPNl6hqUxg9EGirRMH9oO0o7lxJCwGVK0Optj1MrKKnW9b_A7VINa1GXLYGNoyYmJFs/s1600/afganpic006-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn6mrvuwcmV5-UpI7HrQ2waahoZuJ_s2Yy-oJOSegg5nTEDBsoFgQFUk9DBcWWKTnyhRN5cIGNPNl6hqUxg9EGirRMH9oO0o7lxJCwGVK0Optj1MrKKnW9b_A7VINa1GXLYGNoyYmJFs/s640/afganpic006-18.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tI5D69DpK2GsatheCUxYhCkaGg-LsednWLc1xRLYsHfl02VdNq1HIQD_dHPaXSnbQEoEkY0LBYdEgl0N0Oq6wFz77bllh_A3hSSDFkM_PKTkY2TOaWOOwF9WMnHXAi99jsDihF5V-eE/s1600/afganpic006-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tI5D69DpK2GsatheCUxYhCkaGg-LsednWLc1xRLYsHfl02VdNq1HIQD_dHPaXSnbQEoEkY0LBYdEgl0N0Oq6wFz77bllh_A3hSSDFkM_PKTkY2TOaWOOwF9WMnHXAi99jsDihF5V-eE/s640/afganpic006-19.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/phone-photography.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Phone Photography

In capable hands, even a camera phone can produce nice images. A famous journalist Balazs Gardi took collection of these pictures with an iP...

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Afghanistan: Once Upon A time

<div style="text-align: justify;">A collection of pictures of Afghanistan in 50s and 60s. Contradictory to today condition,  Afghan women made a career in medicine, went to the movies and studied at the universities of Kabul. Afghan factories produced fabrics and other goods. There was law and order and construction of hydroelectric plants and roads. All this however, were destroyed by thirty years of war.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, it is hard to say exactly who is to blame for the decline of Afghanistan but we can say for sure that once a developing country is now destroyed almost completely. I'm not sure if all these pictures are some propaganda release by Soviet Union but at least fro pictures taken, Afghanistan having quite a decent life</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9x01T0Vwe-qERm0KrU3TflSSRmHX0bmrCFUgaSF17nhDNKWOVbGg-BVj901ro1ImBQuPatv__R1rjPM9Bu5gfTCfL_280SV89FdlUOkD-gYcjOkk3v7zHvxIv5JCRxfSYt-3ty8GyBcMw/s1600/00016gba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9x01T0Vwe-qERm0KrU3TflSSRmHX0bmrCFUgaSF17nhDNKWOVbGg-BVj901ro1ImBQuPatv__R1rjPM9Bu5gfTCfL_280SV89FdlUOkD-gYcjOkk3v7zHvxIv5JCRxfSYt-3ty8GyBcMw/s640/00016gba.jpg" width="640"></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8497799" name="more"></a><br><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC82faoO32GbL5tAdp71pymcbXKJfzcqcviEpRTckVQy9GQ12dsXHVv0-e_3ttowS7oP-bS01Jp-ZMx9W1P1RjGykB690ZUQqwafQu4nQj-ByoyiFUGhNAH0VWgBtxLUlrVtEgi8FSqmSm/s1600/000152dt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC82faoO32GbL5tAdp71pymcbXKJfzcqcviEpRTckVQy9GQ12dsXHVv0-e_3ttowS7oP-bS01Jp-ZMx9W1P1RjGykB690ZUQqwafQu4nQj-ByoyiFUGhNAH0VWgBtxLUlrVtEgi8FSqmSm/s640/000152dt.jpg" width="640"></a><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/07/afghanistan-once-upon-time_22.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Afghanistan: Once Upon A time

A collection of pictures of Afghanistan in 50s and 60s. Contradictory to today condition,  Afghan women made a career in medicine, went to t...

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