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The picture is of a structure on one of the many token roundabouts in Kabul. On top is a 2 metre globe although about a year ago it was destroyed by an RPG.
in Politics, on the 8th of December 2009
The picture is of a structure on one of the many token roundabouts in Kabul. On top is a 2 metre globe although about a year ago it was destroyed by an RPG. The symbolism of seeing Afghanistan rebuilding the world was a good taste of irony in an unorthodox city like Kabul. Vehicles see these as more of an obstacle than an advantage. Cyclists ride against the traffic and right of way is given to the cars travelling fastest.

The picture is of a structure on one of the many token roundabouts in Kabul. On top is a 2 metre globe although about a year ago it was destroyed by an RPG. The symbolism of seeing Afghanistan rebuilding the world was a good taste of irony in an unorthodox city like Kabul.
Vehicles see these as more of an obstacle than an advantage. Cyclists ride against the traffic and right of way is given to the cars travelling fastest.

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The picture is of a structure on one of the many token roundabouts in Kabul. On top is a 2 metre globe although about a year ago it was destroyed by an RPG. The symbolism of seeing Afghanistan rebuilding the world was a good taste of irony in an unorthodox city like Kabul.
Vehicles see these as more of an obstacle than an advantage. Cyclists ride against the traffic and right of way is given to the cars travelling fastest.

globe, Kabul, round-about, sculpture, street, urban, War

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The picture is of a structure on one of the many token roundabouts in Kabul. On top is a 2 metre globe although about a year ago it was destroyed by an RPG. The symbolism of seeing Afghanistan rebuilding the world was a good taste of irony in an unorthodox city like Kabul. Vehicles see these as more of an obstacle than an advantage. Cyclists ride against the traffic and right of way is given to the cars travelling fastest.

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