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A young girl pauses to adjust her scarf on a windy day on the road between Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif.

Afghanistan the Beautiful

By Thorne Anderson

| April 17, 2012, 10:23 PM

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A young girl pauses to adjust her scarf on a windy day on the road between Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif.

A boy inflates his baggy pants as an improvised flotation device while swimming in the Balkh River trying to beat the Ramadan heat.

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