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AFGHANISTAN Landscape Scenery near the Salang Pass between Samangan and Kabul

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AFGHANISTAN Mother of Cities Balkh Shrine of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Local girl Built by Sultan Husayn Bayqara in late Timurid style in the 5th Century and dedicated to a famous theologian who died in Balkh in 1460. The dome was badly damaged in an earthquake in the 1990s and hit by rocket during factional fighting in 2003

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AFGHANISTAN Samangan Province Takht-I-Rusam 2km south of the centre of Haibak Buddhist caves know as Takht-I-Rusam Rustams throne part of a stupa-monastery complex caeved from rock dating from the Kushano-Sasanian period 4th-5th century AD. Corridor off which the monks living quarters are carved in cave 2The caves are situated below the stupa and are where monks lived

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afghanistan, samangan province, top-i-rustam, 2km south of the centre of haibak wooden bridge across chasm leading to buddhist stupa carved out of rock known as top-i-rustam rustams throne an early burial mound that contained relics of the buddha part of a stupa-monastery complex carved from rock dating from the kushano-sasanian period 4th-5th century ad. the stupa is situated above caves where the monks lived.

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afghanistan, bamiyan province, bamiyan , caves in cliffs near empty niche where the famous carved small budda once stood 180 foot high before being destroyed by the taliban in 2001.

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USA Florida Miami Fire Hydrant on pavement near a pink wall

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