Herat Province
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Herat, or Harat, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region
Herat province landscape and settlement
Friday Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan
Cheheltan chisht. 2
Herat International Airport
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the w
Herat Province
…Province, Great Mosque of Herat, Cheheltan-Chisht . Map of Afghanistan with Herat highlighted Detail map of Herat province Coordinates (Capital): Country Afghanistan Capital Herat Government • Governor Noor Mohammad Islamjar • Deputy Governor Abdul Qayyum Rohani Area • Total 55,868 km2 (21,571 sq mi) Population…
Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.
A "Bactrian gold" Scythian belt depicting Dionysus, from Tillya Tepe in the ancient region of Bactria
Portrait of Ahmad Shah Durrani, c. 1757
Afghan tribesmen in 1841, painted by British officer James Rattray