Travel Stories: Asia / Afghanistan

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1. Travel the Khyber Pass

   Article by Paul Clammer, October 2007

   

   Find out all you need to know about travelling the Khyber Pass - just make sure you've got a strong stomach for paperwork. Read the full article ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Great Journeys • Pakistan

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   Picturing the Khyber Pass

   Photo Feature by Sam Phelps, October 2007

   Find out how to travel the Khyber Pass - just make sure you've got a strong stomach for paperwork. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Great Journeys • Pakistan

3. 

   Stan Off

   Article by Lonely Planet authors, January 2007

   Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Kurdistan. So which 'Stan has it? Lonely Planet's Central Asian specialists argue the case for their favourite. Read the full article ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Asia • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Turkmenistan

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   Minaret of Jam

   Article by Paul Clammer, January 2007

   It’s the holy grail of travel in Afghanistan. Take a twirl up this tower and you'll hit the jackpot of views. Read the full article ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Art, Architecture & Design • Great Journeys • Tough Travel

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   Afghanistan

   Article by Paul Clammer, November 2006

   Decades of war, jihad and women looking like ghosts under their burqas? Disneyland this ain't. But it's exciting, addictive and - for my money - the friendliest country in the world. Read the full article ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Tough Travel

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   The Kandahar Wedding Crashers

   Article by Rodney Cocks, May 2006

   Flamboyant is an understatement when it comes to a Kandahar wedding. You'll find out that it is possible to dance on a full stomach! Read the full article ›

   Tags: Afghanistan

7. 

   Buzkashi

   Photo Feature by Rodney Cocks, December 2005

   Feel the heat on your neck and the dust in your eyes as you watch men on speeding horses jostle over a headless goat. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Sports • Tough Travel

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   Afghanistan A Round at 'Royal' Kabul

   Article by Rodney Cocks, November 2005

   Rodney Cocks, currently living and working in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, details a lighter side to living in one of Central Asia's hotspots. Read the full article ›

   Tags: Afghanistan • Sports

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