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Explore Zakariya in Afghanistan
Zakariya in the region of Bāmīān is a town in Afghanistan - some 84 mi or ( 136 km ) West of Kabul , the country's capital city .
Current time in Zakariya is now 11:53 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Kabul " with a UTC offset of 4.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tol-e Baghir, Soghdar, Shekh Raza, Sar-e Qol, and Pul-e Khumri. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tol-e Baghir . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Zakariya ? 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 14 km away
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