Men unload melons from a truck in the market of Ghazni Afghanistan

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Men unload a truckload of melons in the bustling market below the old city walls in the town of Ghazni Afghanistan October 2 2002. For a thousand years the key to holding Kabul and Afghanistan the old city of Ghazni was the scene of bloody battles between the Afghans and the British between 1838-42. Now an important truck stop on the road to Kandahar Ghazni located on the Lora River at the elevation of 2 225 meters is the capital of Ghazni province and is a market for sheep wool camel hair cloth corn and fruit-it also continues to be a haven for Taliban

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Location: Ghazni Ghazni Afghanistan
Photo credit: © Beth Wald / Aurora Photos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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