Afghanistan Wartime Architecture September 2010
Part 3
 

An Afghan vender pushes a cart with boiled corn as others gather to receive corn from a whole-seller in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. AP

An Afghan man rides a horse past a tea shop in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010. AP

An Afghan man feeds a horse in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. AP

An Afghan man walks his dog in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010. AP

An Afghan boy playfully aims a toy pistol on the head of a man as they gather to drink tea in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. AP

An Afghan man repairs the roof of a tea shop as pots of tea are stacked in an old window frame in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. AP

Afghan women walk in Kabul on September 21, 2010. Allegations of fraud and a low voter turnout overshadowed vote counting in Afghanistan's parliamentary election on September 19 after widespread and deadly Taliban violence targeted the key poll. AP

An Afghan man rides his bicycle as a pigeon flies above in the old part of Kabul city, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. AP

A French soldier from the 126 Infantry Regiment (RI) 'The Bisons' works out at the Rocco Combat Outpost in Surobi district on September 20, 2010. More than 3,500 French troops are stationed in the country. Allegations of fraud and a low voter turnout overshadowed vote counting in Afghanistan's parliamentary election after widespread and deadly Taliban violence targeted the key poll. Getty

Policemen clean a wall of posters of candidates who contested in the parliamentary elections, in Herat, Afghanistan, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. Afghan election observers urged President Hamid Karzai's government on Monday to allow an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud during last weekend's parliamentary elections, including intimidation of voters and interference by powerful warlords. AP

Afghan election workers wait for vote count papers to feed the tally at Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission in Kabul, Monday Sept. 20, 2010. Afghan officials started gathering and tallying results Sunday in a process that could last weeks if not months. AP

Afghan girl students study in a make-shift classroom in tents provided by UNICEF at the Afghan government-funded Babazangi school compound for pupils aged 7 to 18, in Herat, western Afghanistan September 20, 2010. Afghanistan has a female literacy rate of 12.6 percent, the lowest of any country in the world, according to the 2009 United Nations Human Development Index (UNHDI). Reuters

Afghan boy students study in a make-shift classroom in tents provided by UNICEF at the Afghan government-funded Babazangi school compound for pupils aged 7 to 18, in Herat, western Afghanistan September 20, 2010. Afghanistan has a male literacy rate of 43.1 percent, the fifth lowest in the world, according to the 2009 United Nations Human Development Index (UNHDI). Reuters

Afghan students walk on the Babazangi school compound, funded by the Afghan government for pupils aged 7 to 18, with tents provided by UNICEF in Herat, western Afghanistan September 20, 2010. Afghanistan has a male literacy rate of 43.1 percent, the fifth lowest in the world, and a female literacy rate of 12.6 percent, the lowest of any country, according to the 2009 United Nations Human Development Index (UNHDI). Reuters

Afghans walk past a local cinema hall in Kabul on September 19, 2010. Almost a decade post-Taliban regime, Afghanistan has limited modes of entertainment with Indian Bollywood films and actors being most popular in the country. Getty

An elderly Afghan custodian is reflected in a mirror as he sweeps a mosque which had been used as a polling station in Kabul on September 19, 2010, a day after polling in parliamentary elections. The number of violent incidents during Afghanistan's parliamentary vote was higher than during last year's presidential poll but the number killed and injured was significantly lower, NATO said. Getty

Afghan children run in a field against a backdrop of the Hindu-Kush mountain range in Bagram on September 18, 2010. Afghanistan, which voted on September 18 in its second parliamentary polls since the Taliban overthrow, is one of the world's poorest countries where nearly 150,000 US-led NATO forces are battling an Islamist insurgency. Getty

A worker closes the windows of a polling station where parliamentary elections took place in Kabul September 19, 2010. Preliminary figures showed 3.6 million votes were cast in Afghanistan's parliamentary poll on Saturday, election officials said, after polls closed on a day clouded by security and fraud concerns. The figure represented around 40 percent of the maximum possible votes at all polling stations that were open. However 1,561 polling centres out of a planned 6,835 could not be opened because of security fears. Reuters

People gather at a polling station as they check the results of the parliamentary elections in Kabul September 19, 2010. Preliminary figures showed 3.6 million votes were cast in Afghanistan's parliamentary poll on Saturday, election officials said, after polls closed on a day clouded by security and fraud concerns. The figure represented around 40 percent of the maximum possible votes at all polling stations that were open. However 1,561 polling centres out of a planned 6,835 could not be opened because of security fears. Reuters

A worker cleans a polling station where parliamentary elections took place in Kabul September 19, 2010. Preliminary figures showed 3.6 million votes were cast in Afghanistan's parliamentary poll on Saturday, election officials said, after polls closed on a day clouded by security and fraud concerns. The figure represented around 40 percent of the maximum possible votes at all polling stations that were open. However 1,561 polling centres out of a planned 6,835 could not be opened because of security fears. Reuters

Afghan men line up to cast their ballot at a local mosque September 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 2,500 candidates will contest for 249 seats in the lower house of the Afghan parliament in the country's second election. The Taliban warned voters to boycott the polls threatening violence to disturb the election process. Getty

An Afghan woman votes at a local mosque September 18, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 2,500 candidates will contest for 249 seats in the lower house of the Afghan parliament in the country's second election. The Taliban warned voters to boycott the polls threatening violence to disturb the election process. Getty

Election workers count votes after the parliamentary elections at a polling station on September 18, 2010 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 2,500 candidates will contest for 249 seats in the lower house of the Afghan parliament. The Taliban have warned voters to boycott the polls, threatening violence to disturb the election process. Getty

Afghan election officials sort ballet papers at a polling station concluding the voting time during parliamentary elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday Sept. 18, 2010. Afghans braved Taliban rockets and polling site bombings Saturday to vote for a new parliament in elections seen as a measure of the government's competence and commitment to democratic rule. Getty

Female Afghan political party observers watch election officials counting votes at a polling station in Kabul on September 18, 2010. Afghanistan's parliamentary election presented a 'mixed picture' amid poor security that could impact voter turnout, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said. Getty

Afghans walk at a polling station in Herat, western Afghanistan September 18, 2010. Afghanistan braced for a day of violence on Saturday as voters headed to the polls for a parliamentary election that is a crucial test of government credibility and the strength of its security forces. Reuters

Afghan workers of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) open a luck of ballot box at a polling station in Kabul on September 18, 2010. Voting in Afghanistan's parliamentary election officially closed at 4:00 pm (1130 GMT) on September 18 but an election official said people still queuing to cast their ballots would be permitted to do so. Getty

An Afghan election official directs woman voters who gather around a entrance to a polling station in Kabul to cast their ballots in the country's parliamentary elections on Saturday Sept. 18, 2010. Men in traditional tunics and women covered in sky-blue burqas trickled into polling centers to vote in Afghanistan's parliamentary election Saturday, as scattered insurgent attacks underscored the difficulty of trying to hold a vote in a country at war. AP

Afghan women line up to cast their vote outside a polling station in Kabul on September 18, 2010. Afghanistan was voting for a new parliament September 18 against a backdrop of rebel attacks and a full security alert following Taliban threats to derail the high-stakes election. Getty

An Afghan election official, in a dark suit at center left, smokes a cigarette as lines of voters enter a polling station in Kabul to cast their ballots in the country's parliamentary elections on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. Men in traditional tunics and women covered in sky-blue burqas trickled into polling centers to vote in Afghanistan's parliamentary election Saturday, as scattered insurgent attacks underscored the difficulty of trying to hold a vote in a country at war. AP

Afghan men line up to cast their vote outside a polling station in the hamlet of Chawni, some 50 kms north of Kabul, on September 18, 2010. Afghanistan was voting for a new parliament September 18 against a backdrop of rebel attacks and a full security alert following Taliban threats to derail the high-stakes election. Getty

Afghan men gather at a polling station in the hamlet of Chawni, some 50 kms north of Kabul, on September 18, 2010. Afghanistan was voting for a new parliament September 18 against a backdrop of rebel attacks and a full security alert following Taliban threats to derail the high-stakes election. Getty

Afghan election workers prepare election materials in a polling station in Kabul on September 18, 2010. Afghanistan began voting for a new parliament after a flurry of insurgent rocket attacks, with security forces on full alert following Taliban threats to derail the high-stakes election. the vote is the latest step in a US-led process to bring democracy to the impoverished and deeply conservative Muslim country ravaged by 30 years of war and gripped by a brutal nine-year Taliban insurgency. Getty

Afghan women pray at the Blue Mosque a day before the parliamentary election September 17, 2010 in Mazar-e-sharif, Afghanistan. Security is of gaining importance as Afghanistan's second parliamentary election is scheduled for September 18, with about 2,500 candidates contesting the 249 seats in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament. Getty

An Afghan policeman accompanies a man and a donkey carrying ballot boxes to be transported to a village, where roads for vehicles do not exist, in Panjshir province, north of Kabul September 17, 2010. Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections on September 18. Reuters

An internally displaced Afghan boy listens to a radio distributed by Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty in Kabul Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty this week started distributing 20,000 free radio sets to Afghans, including those in distant mountain villages and refugee camps to counter the Taliban-sponsored stations, the so called "Mullah Radios", that operate mainly in the tribal areas along the Pakistani border and air propaganda that drives public opinion against foreign troops and the Afghan pro-Western government. AP

An Afghan man pushes his cart containing packed ice cream walks under an election posters of Afghan parliamentarian candidates pasted on a demolished building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will go to parliamentary election on Sept. 18 as the Taliban have warned of countrywide attacks on Saturday targeting voters and election workers. AP

Election posters of Afghan parliamentarian candidates pasted on a partly demolished building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will go to parliamentary election on Sept. 18 as the Taliban have warned of countrywide attacks on Saturday targeting voters and election workers. AP

Afghans walk past under election posters of parliamentarian candidates on the eve of the parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Afghanistan will go to parliamentary election on Sept. 18 as the Taliban have warned of countrywide attacks on Saturday targeting voters and election workers. AP

Members of "Dustoff" medevac team from 101st Airborne Division, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow play games and cards while waiting for a medical evacuation mission in a tent at a small military base near Kandahar, Afghanistan September 17, 2010. Reuters

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, flanked by First Vice President Muhammad Qasim Fahim, left, and Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili delivers a speech in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Karzai urged Afghans to vote in this weekend's parliamentary election despite threats from the Taliban warning people not to leave their homes. AP

Election workers and donkeys carry voting material to the remote mountainous villages September 17, 2010 in Shotol, in the Panjshir, Afghanistan. With only five donkeys available the workers also were paid to walk three hours to get the election material to village of Raydara. More than 2,500 candidates will contest for 249 seats in the lower house of the Afghan parliament in the country's second election scheduled in two days. The Taliban have warned voters to boycott the polls threatening violence to disturb the election process. According to the Afghan freeand Fair Election Foundation there have been 19 election-related deaths so far. Getty