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During the pandemic, after seeing a Drew Binsky video and deciding to go to Afghanistan (the most dangerous country in the world) for 15 days, I was constantly attacked with politeness, and if you consider terrorism giving me diabetes due to the constant threat of amazing tea with sugar from strangers in the streets who wanted to share a moment with the crazy foreigner who came to their country, then yes, it was really dangerous.

The feeling of being in constant danger is real: constant danger from eating amazing food, or too much cotton candy. This is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever seen, and its people are just the most polite and welcoming people I ever met. The phrase that stayed in my mind after this trip was people asking for me to take and share their pictures to show that not everyone is a terrorist in Afghanistan.

I am planning to go there again since I met wonderful people, and I would like to explore more; of course, not everything is all peachy, as they say, but there's always the other side of the coin, and that's the one I saw.

On the funny side, when at the airport before flying back, I found a CNN video news report where they were describing the city where I had just spent 3 days walking, eating, and going on family picnics as a city destroyed by war and suffering. Well, I did not see that at all—I saw a city that wants to move forward.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coming from privileged countries, it's easy to focus on the animal and not the human. When there is poverty and need of survival, it's tough to be a pure environmentalist. In an ideal world, yes we should always be

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That seems to be a a bit much weight for such a small donkey. Please be aware that there is a weight limit for every animal. No hate, I still love this photo! (:

Mz Phit
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Annelise, good point, for horses there is a veterinarian recommend load weight limit (tack and rider inclusive) of around %20 of the animals weight. I'm not sure about donkeys though, they are known to be Great pack animals...I wouldn't be terribly concerned about a child rider, but I cringe when I see adults riding donkeys, with their legs practically dragging in the dirt. There's definitely a cultural difference too, when these families actually need their donkeys for their survival. Often these animals are highly valued as integral parts of the family's survival

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Diana Eriksson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel bad for both of them... The poor donkey should absolutely not carry that much at once and the kid really shouldn't have to work at all. They both look healthy at least :(

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like a mule, I could be wrong, but mules and donkeys are absolute UNITS, and are pretty good at carrying stuff like that

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm getting a feeling of immense pride from the boy on the right.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To me, this just says everything about the oppressiveness towards women in Afghanistan. I’m surprised that she unaccompanied though.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is where the Taliban blasted the centuries old Buddha statues...could it be the Afghan are trying to re-create them?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like a member of the militia, (or whatever are our allies, I forget the name) nice

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it is really beautiful. You can see the old fort-settlements in the rock

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, how we cheered when the Afghans ran the Ruskies out of the country. Pity we didn’t make more of a fuss when the Taliban took over.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if this the proverbial road our fathers walked to school everyday....

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

all beautiful photos, but I really wish they had captions so I could understand what I'm actually looking at. Most, I really don't have much of an idea, sadly.

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