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serpentine-road, jalalabad, afghanistan Afghanistan, war roads afghanistan, jalalabad, military convoy Jalalabad road  Kabul - Jalalabad road
jalalabad kabul road rocky road to jalalabad, afghanistan afghanistan, jalalabad_road Kabul - Jalalabad road
road to gardez, afghanistan kabul-gardez-khost road to khost, afghanistan soveit military convoy on road, afghanistan  Kabul - Gardez - Khost road
Kandahar, Afghanistan, war picture Qandahar, Afghanistan, war photos  war roads of Qandahar  Roads of Kandahar 
Qandahar (Kandagar) Kandagar (Qandahar) Province of Qandahar (Kandahar) Afghanistan 1979-1989, war photography
Roads of Shindant fuel tanker, Kamaz-54112, Province of Qandahar (Kandahar) Afghanistan 1979-1989, war photography tank T-72, Qandahar, Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan war photography Province of Kandahar  Province of Kandahar
Herat, Afghanistan Herat road, afghanistan Gerat road Herat Herat - Shindand  Roads of Herat and Shindant
Afghanistan Afghanistan  Valley in province of Herat
 Zoom of the distant mountain
Buddha, Afghanistan Buddha of Bamyan The Buddha of Bamyan Bamyan, Afghanistan. Land of Buddha  The Buddha of Bamyan, situated 143 miles
 northwest of Kabul.Built during the 6th century,
 the statues represented the classic blended style
 of
Greco-Buddhist art. It was destroyed by the
 Taliban in 2001.
The Buddha of Bamyan Bamyan, Afghanistan. Buddha was here
Province of Bamyan, Afhanistan Province of Bamyan, Afghanistan lake Band-e-Amir Lake Band-e-Amir Bamyan  Lake Band-e-Amir is located
 about 75 kilometers
 to the north-west of the ancient
 city of Bamyan
Citadel, Herat, Afghanistan Citadel, city of Herat, Afghanistan  Province of Herat, Afghanistan
Former Soviet miitary hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan  Remnants of the Soviet military hospital
 Hospital was located nearby Kabul airport, towards to mountains
Afghanistan, Tepli Stan Teply Stan, Afghanistan  Kabul. Soviet Army's commandant station. All convoys lined up here for counting
 bagram-charikar intersection bagram airforce base afghanistan, bagram, military convoy parking  Bagram intersection and Bagram Air Force base
Charikar (Pandjsher) valley, Afghanistan Charikar Valley, Afghanistan pandjsher valley, afghanistan  Bandits lair - Charikar (Pandjsher) Valley between Kabul and Salang
 Photo on a right - beginning of the road to Salang mountains (Ulang)
Pandjsher - 1987 afhanistan soviet war, Pandsher Pandjsher - 1986  Pandjsher
tankers, afghanistan war remnants convoy wreckage, salang, afghanistan soviet tank, afghanistan tankers remnants, afghanistan Afghanistan Soviet war  Road to Salang (Ulang)
 Wreckage of burned
 fuel tankers.
afghanistan, salang kabul road war road afghanistan ambush-salang-road afghanistan salang  Ulang - the most dangerous and difficult part of
 the road to Salang pass.
salang-ualang-afghanistan mountain road afghanistan salang-ulang salang-ulang afghanistan
ambush-afghanistan ambush on road afghanistan ulang road, afghanistan killing turn, afghanistan
salang-summer salang-winter salang_summer salang, afghanistan, winter  

 Panoramic view of elevation. South side of the
 Salang tunnel. Same viewpoint - Different
 seasons 

Salang Salang afghanistan mountains Salang
Salang, war photography salang tunnel-south convoy-1342, salang Salang, gates before the tunnel  Military convoys climb on south side of Salang
 
Salang pass, Afghanistan, war photos
Salang, Afghanistan gallery, afghanistan ulang-salang gallery, afgan war photos, afghanistan panoramic view, salang elevation, afghanistan, war photo  Salang, south side.
 Anti-avalanche galleries.
gallery of salang, afghanistan Salang pass Salang tunnel Salang pass  Salang tunnel then and now. The tunnel reaches
 an altitude of about 3,400 m and is 2.6 km long.
 On November 3, 1982 two soviet military convoys
 driven from different sides of Salang tunnel collided
 in the middle of the tunnel and created a traffic
 jam. 64 soviet soldiers and 112 afghans were killed
 by carbon monoxide emitted by idling engines.
 221st Battalion lost 9 men (1 officer and 8 soldiers)
 in that accident. After that accident, only one way
 traffic was permitted for odd and even dates.
salang pass, russian military convoy Salang tunnel enter to dragon Salang, north side of the tonnel
salang serpentine, north side, Dushak

 North side of Salang pass - one mile
 before the tunnel. It is very steep elevation with sharp turns.
 There was a high risk to overheat an engine.

afghanistan afghan roads afghanistan war photography  Part of Pul-e-Khumri - Heyraton road, mountain gorge.
 Heyratan desert begins in four miles.
 
road to Faizabad 25 years later Faizabad, Afghanistan Road to Faizabad Russian military convoy going to Faizabad, Afghanistan, war photography 1988  Roads of Faizabad
Termez (USSR) - Heyratan (Afghanistan) brigde Russian troops withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989 USSR Afghanistan USSR border bridge Termez  USSR - Afghanistan border
 Termez (USSR) - Heyratan (Afghanistan) bridge
Cemetery BMD-1 Jalalabad - Kabul road T-55, Afghanistan  20 years after withdraw of Soviet troops
BMP-2 "Grad" armored personnel carrier BTR-60 soviet tank T-55
Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan  Somewhere in Hindu Kush mountains