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Discover Taytop in Afghanistan
Taytop in the region of Bāmīān is a town located in Afghanistan - some 81 mi or ( 131 km ) West of Kabul , the country's capital .
Local time in Taytop is now 09:26 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Sumarah-ye Mulla Husain, Sumarah-ye 'Ali Ahmad, Soghdar, Shekh Raza, and Qash-e Nawer. When in this area, you might want to check out Sumarah-ye Mulla Husain . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Taytop ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Historic footage of Bamiyan statues
A sequence on the Bamiyan statues from "Adventure in Afghanistan" from Hal, Halla and David Linker's television travelogue series, "The Wild, the Weird, and the Wonderful", circa 1973. The Cultural La ..
Band-e Amir National Park (Dari)
Band-e-Amir was officially declared Afghanistan's first national park in April 2009. USAID is funding the ongoing project to build the park and generate tourism in partnership with the Wildlife Conser ..
Let us not muddy the water (آب را گل نکنیم)
The photos are from a trip that I made to Band-e Amīr, in central Afghanistan, in July 2007. All are my photos except for the final panorama, which was taken by a friend. The poem is called "Water" by ..
NATO in Afghanistan - Reaching out to Afghan women
A group of women in rural Bamiyan Province, west of Kabul, volunteer their time and resources to run a legal aid center and shelter for women. The center connects women with various government and int ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Bamyan Airfield
Bamyan Airfield is a former military airfield in the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan.
Located at 34.81 67.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Bamyan Airport
Bamyan Airport is an airport serving the city of Bamyan in Afghanistan.
Located at 34.81 67.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,202 ft). Built in 507 AD, (smaller), and 554 AD, (larger) the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco.
Located at 34.83 67.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Koh-i-Baba
The Baba Mountain range (Pashto: بابا غر Bâbâ Ǧar),Persian: کوه بابا‎) Koh-e Bâbâ is the western extension of the Hindu Kush, and the origin of Afghanistan's Kabul, Helmand, Arghandab and the Hari River. The mountain range is crowned by Foladi peak rising 4951 m; 16,244 ft. above sea level, and is located south of Bamyan, Afghanistan. The Koh-i-Firoz plateau merges farther to the west by gentle gradients into the Paropamise, and which may be traced across the Hari River to Mashad.
Located at 34.65 67.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Hajigak Pass
The Hajigak Pass (hajji gak "little pilgrim") is situated at a height of 3,700 metres above sea-level and is one of the two main routes from Kabul to Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, leading across the Koh-i Baba range. The two main routes from Kabul to Bamiyan are from the south via the Hajigak Pass and from the north via the Shibar Pass. The journey via Shibar Pass is approximately 6 and half hours long covering around 237 km long.
Located at 34.67 67.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
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