Herat – Afghanistan

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Burqa clad Afghan woman buy groceries outside the old castle in the old part of Herat city north east of Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 February 2008. The conservation of historical places is part of a wider rehabilitation project implemented by the Historical Cities Support Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, with support from the German federal foreign Office. The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (HCP) promotes the conservation and re-use of buildings and public spaces in historic cities in the Muslim World.

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Burqa clad Afghan women walk in the old part of Herat city north east of Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 February 2008.

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Afghan men walk in the old part of Herat city north east of Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 February 2008.

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Afghan girls walk in the old part of Herat city north east of Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 February 2008.

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  1. Herat is NOT, as you say, NE of Kabul. For all intents and purposes it is almost due west – several hundred km due west. It is, as you probably know, one of the main entry ports for travellers from/to Iran

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