Afghanistan Part 1

What history this country has.  I have learned to hate and love this country.  The terrain is very harsh just like the weather.  The people of this land have learned to live in these conditions and learned to live in war torn areas. 

A ruined structure from the past conflicts.

For thousands of years this country as seen many conflicts.  Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan used the Famous Khyber Pass that is on the boarder of Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

A Special Forces Soldier playing the game of buzkashi

The Afghanies were known to be expert Horse people, and Alexander the Great used them in his army.
In the beginning of the initial assault into Afghanistan, ODA teams, aka American Special Forces (Green Berets) used horses to travel the rough terrain, and in some cases, before even being deployed to Afghanistan, some of these Special Operation  soldiers were trained in ridding horses. 
You have to learn and understand the people of these lands to really get a grasp on how to communicate with them. 

A group of girls at a local school.

The way of life the Afghanistan people live my seem hard and very rough, but over here its just another day to them.  The women are slowly but surely able to not live in fear of what the Al Qaeda and  Taliban organizations have done to them and what rules were put down to them. It still breaks my heart that the equal rights that the woman have over here are none.  Yes there are some in the politcs and that are police and army, but its still a long way to go before you will see a progress.
With this I will close, but you can sure bet I'll talk about this topic again.