Shrine at No_Gonbad Mosque Mosque of Nine Cupolas also known as Khoja Piada or Masjid_e Haji Piyada Mosque of the Walking Pilgrim, dating from the 9th centruy AD, the earliest Islamic monument in the country, Balkh Mother of Cities, Balkh province, Afghan

One of the crater lakes at Band_E_Amir Dam of the King, Afghanistan's first National Park set up in 1973 to protect the five lakes, believed by locals to have been created by the Prophet Mohammed's son_in_law Ali, making them a place of pilgrimage, Afghan

Memorial plaque of assassinated Mujahadin leader Ahmad Shah Massoud know as the ' Lion of Panshir' an Afghan National Hero, situated opposite the Shrine of Hazrat Ali, Mazar_I_Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

Houses within the old city walls below the Citadel, rebuilt since its destruction in the First Anglo Afghan war as used as a military garrison, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Asia

Shrine at No_Gonbad Mosque Mosque of Nine Cupolas also known as Khoja Piada or Masjid_e Haji Piyada Mosque of the Walking Pilgrim, dating from the 9th centruy AD, the earliest Islamic monument in the country, Balkh Mother of Cities, Balkh province, Afghan

Street scene near Shrine of Hazrat Ali with Memorial plaque of assassinated Mujahadin leader Ahmad Shah Massoud know as the ' Lion of Panshir' an Afghan National Hero, Mazar_I_Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Asia

Afghan greyhound black lying on the beach of fine sand of the shell at dusk in San Sebastian, on the bottom covered buildings of the city. San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain.