Afghanistan

Check out this car absolutely rocketing through the desert in Afghanistan - the dust plume it's kicking up is over a kilometre long! This is actually Afghanistan's Helmand Province, which as well as playing a pivotal part in the War…

In the hills over Afghanistan a man named Omar has very kindly chosen to let the whole world know exactly where he is standing. Just to the left of the arrow under the giant word "ME". Omar is probably also…

To the North of Afghanistan's capital Kabul is the "Tank Graveyard". Here there are hundreds of Soviet tanks, left there since the end of the Soviet war in 1989, slowly rusting away. Apparently the Taliban used this field for collecting…

Remember the Afghan Royal Palace? Well David Quin from Melbourne had seen it from ground level and took photos! He writes: I was in Kabul in September 2003 working with the UN, writing the software for the voter's registration system…

Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan is currently being used by US forces as part of operation "Enduring Freedom" (geez, who makes up these names?). The Airbase played a key role during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan back in the '70s, serving…

The old Royal Palace in Afghanistan is a bombed out shell of a building which must have been quite impressive in its time. The palace was designed by a French architect and originally built in 1923 by King Amanullah. The…