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2005 Summer-Afghanistan

30 days in four provinces during June and July, 2005. There are seven sets of pictures I took, one set of pictures another person has in his slide show and one set of official pictures from the Kabul Museum. Most of my pictures were taken from moving vehicles. I did not take pictures of men with guns (of which there were a great many, especially in Kabul) nor of women, with a few exceptions and from a distance. For a 12-page journal of my private observations, please email me at rpavellas@gmail.com.
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Waiting for the bus in Minneberg to take me to the Subway (tunnelbanen), thence to the airport bus to Alrlanda Internatioanl Airport (ARN), north of Stockholm toward Uppsala on highway E4. I was told to dress modestly, with arms and legs covered and subtle colors.
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Waiting for the bus in Minneberg to take me to the Subway (tunnelbanen), thence to the airport bus to Alrlanda Internatioanl Airport (ARN), north of Stockholm toward Uppsala on highway E4. I was told to dress modestly, with arms and legs covered and subtle colors.

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  • Waiting for the bus in Minneberg to take me to the Subway (tunnelbanen), thence to the airport bus to Alrlanda Internatioanl Airport (ARN), north of Stockholm toward Uppsala on highway E4. I was told to dress modestly, with arms and legs covered and subtle colors.
  • One of the drivers, Nader or Nadir or Nadr. He spoke English well and was studying Swedish, being an employee of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan: <a href="http://www.swedishcommittee.org/">http://www.swedishcommittee.org/</a>
  • Several pictures taken from the Intercontinental Hotel, where jourlaists stayed during the fighting in the late 1990s until the peace in 2002. The hotel is on a rise near the center of Kabul which rests in a bowl surrounded completely by mountains. The elevation is over one English mile. The haze is mostly dust, and dirt from engine exhaust and wood fires.
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  • You must believe me as I say this young woman is a Swede, just arrived for the first time in Kabul as a new employee of the Swedish Committee for Afgahanistan for which I was perfoming a consultation.
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  • The Hotel was host to a merchant selling traditional clothing to tourists.
  • Leaving the Hotel and taking more pictures through the car window.
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