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Top sights in Afghanistan

Discover ancient minarets, mountain passes, historic shrines, bazaars, and landmarks from one of Asia’s deepest cultural crossroads.

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Nature Site Bamyan
Band-e-Amir National Park, Bamyan

Band-e-Amir National Park

Sight Kandahar
Registan desert south of Afghanistan (Kandahar / Helmand

Desert of Registan

Sacred Place Ghor
Losted in the middle of Afghanistan the minaret of Jam stand in a rocky canyon

Minaret of Jam

Sacred Place Kabul
Sakhi Shah-e Mardan Shrine or Ziyarat-e Sakhi (Pashto/Dari: زیارت سخی)

Rawza Sakhi Shah-e-Mardan mosque

Historical Site Balkh
Archaeological remains in Balkh, Afghanistan, traditionally believed to mark the birthplace of the poet Rumi—crumbling mud-brick walls in a dry, historic landscape.

Rumi's house

Sacred Place Samangan

Stupa of Takht-e Rostam

The Stupa of Takht-e Rostam is a Buddhist stupa-monastery located in the ancient city of Takht-e Rostam in northeastern Afghanistan. The stupa is thought to date back to the 5th or 4th century AD, and it is believed to…

Sacred Place Mazar-i-Sharif
View of the Blue Mosque in Mazar-e Sharif, with its turquoise domes, arched entrances, and walls covered in intricate blue tilework.

The Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif

Sacred Place Herat
friday mosque

The Great Mosque of Herat