Destinations
The Traveller
Afghanistan to visit — cities, nature, culture
Kabul
A high crossroads city of gardens behind walls
Herat
Timurid minarets and glassblowers of cobalt blue
Bamiyan
Empty niches that still hold two giants' silence
Band-e Amir
Six sapphire lakes dammed by travertine walls
Mazar-i-Sharif
A blue-tiled shrine where white doves gather
The Panjshir Valley
An emerald river valley of five lions' pride
The Wakhan Corridor
A high finger of land where empires kept their distance
Kandahar
Pomegranate orchards around an old royal seat