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visitafghanistan · 4 years
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Everyday life scene of Afghanistan Kyrgyz women inside a yurt, in a village near the Chaqmaqtin lake, Little Pamir, Wakhan Corridor, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Taken on August 16, 2016 
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peopleofafghanistan · 2 years
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Kirgiz Girl Inside Yurt Near Lake Chaqmaqtin, Afghanistan.
Source:  Jay Ramji
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adetnw · 4 years
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The Lads, Lake Chaqmaqtin, Wakhan Corridor, NE Afghanistan. July 2015 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-o560TjB9V/?igshid=1ft6frdn28174
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instapicsil3 · 6 years
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Photo by @bethjwald // Kyrgyz men on horseback cross a broad, snow-covered valley above the frozen Chaqmaqtin Lake in the Little Pamirs of the Wakhan Corridor, a remote and isolated region of northeast Afghanistan. I am continuing this week my celebration of mountains, mountain environment and cultures with this photo from my archive taken on one of several trips to the Wakhan and Afghan Pamirs. A small population of Kyrgyz live a #nomadic life in high broad valleys, moving seasonally with herds of yaks, goats, sheep, camels and horses; they trade yak butter and milk with Wakhi farmers who grow grains and other crops in the lower valleys of the Wakhan, and with traders from Pakistan and from other parts of Afghanistan. It is a hard life and many Kyrgyz suffer from poverty, opium addiction and lack of education, but they also are proud of their culture, their ability to survive and their freedom on the “Bam-i-Dunya” or Roof of the World. Recognizing the beauty, the mountain ecosystems that support wildlife including snow leopard, bear, wolves, ibex and Marco Polo sheep, and the unique culture of the Wakhan District, the Afghan government declared the whole area a National Park in 2014. Dec 11 was the UN’s International Mountain Day but I am honoring it all week. We need more than a day to celebrate mountains and double-down on protecting their critical resources, the mountain ecosystems and diverse cultures that depend on them. Half the world’s population depends on waters that come from mountains and as the mountains warm and shed their ancient cloaks of ice and snow, all of humanity will be impacted. See my feed at @bethjwald for more images from this series! #internationalmountainday #Afghanistan #wakhancorridor #Afghanpamirs #Pamirs #Kyrgyz #nomad #mountainculture #Badakshan #roofoftheworld #bamidunya #nationalpark #onassignment #centralasia #pastoralist #nikonnofilter #nikon @thephotosociety @ilcp_photographers @natgeocreative http://ift.tt/2zcGZDd
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Kyrgyz girl  |    Lake Chaqmaqtin, Afghanistan
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visitafghanistan · 4 years
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Little Pamir, near Chaqmaqtin Lake. Few Kyrgyz families live here in their yurts, looking after their animals: sheep, goats, horses, yaks... their life conditions are very tough. Taken on August 17, 2016 
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adetnw · 7 years
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Walking to Lake Chaqmaqtin. The top end of the Wakhan Corridor, NE Afghanistan. July 2017.
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adetnw · 7 years
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Lake Chaqmaqtin, Wakhan Corridor, NE Afghanistan September 2016
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