The Road to Panjshir Valley
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Marcus Quantrell, the US Navy SEAL who wrote 'Lone Survivor', commented on this odd walk and mentioned that these guys move over mountain ranges this way, even at fairly high speed. |
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This is the main road to the northern cities of Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif |
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| We passed these happy guys, and I stuck my camera out the window to catch this shot from the front. I did not see until I looked at this picture larger that one of them has a phone up and is taking a picture of us. |
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A security stop and the cops don't like their picture taken |
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The fortified farmsteads, not that they could withstand heavy weaponry, but they kept roving armed gangs out. |
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You never know what you will run into. Moments earlier they were marching across this main highway in line |
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The intersection of the road leading to Bagram AB, and the first armed security road-blocks of many, leading to our largest installation there |
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There is a long stretch of shops along the road, centered around the intersection to Bagram, where villagers come and shop. |
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| Nomads, to the annoyance of Afghan drivers, let their camels graze free along the highway. Not all of them are smart (probably goes for both) and occasionally one gets hit, when crossing the road, frequently resulting in the death of both. |
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A another big truckstop area and the road to the north begins in earnest. Here one also turns right toward the Panjshir Valley |
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