8 May 2007 / 18 Saur 1386
Shahr-e Naw (New City) is redeveloping dramatically these days. Dawn Erickson led me to the top of a building that didn't exist four years ago and I photographed this panorama of the central part of Kabul:
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| Kuh-e Sher Darwaza, middle; Kuh-e Asmayi, right; Char ray-e Haji Yacoub, bottom left. | Kuh-e Asmayi (Sky Mountain); Char Rah-e Ansari, middle distance. | Kuh-e Ali Abad has informal housing up half the slope. Middle distance: Shahr Ara fort. | The blocky building on the hill is the Hotel Inter-Continental. | Back: Kolola Pushta fort. Forground: all-new buildings in Shahr-e Naw. |