A man in Mazar-e Sharif City of Afghanistan is feeding the pigeons. It is an old tradition in Mazar-e Sharif City

Fall is the season for weddings in Afghanistan. To celebrate these unions, northern villages compete in fierce buzkashi games. The official purpose of the game is to get the beheaded corpse of a goat into a hole dug into theground. Images taken 2011.

Worshippers and pilgrims feed the doves outside the great Blue Mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of the Province of Balkh in Afghanistan. 26/06/2008

Three children were killed and two others injured in a blast in the northern province of Balkh on officials said. Afghanistan. 24th May 2011

A woman in “Borghaa”, Burqa, or Chador [Traditional hijab for women in Afghanistan] is passing through the pigeons in the main square of Mazar-e Sharif City in Afghanistan

A young man breaks into impromptu dance whilst picknicking in the foothills of Mazar-e-Sharif. The nation is imbued with a natural free spirit and joyful take on life, which the Taliban tried to crus

Protesters burn tyres on the Kabul-Mazar-i-Sharif highway in northern Baghlan province. Afghanistan. 2nd June 2011

Video: A new women's business market has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province.

Vitaly I Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN and President of the Security Council in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. USA. 7th December 2011

Ahmed lives in Mazar e Sharif and has two different coloured eyes. Afghanistan. 25/02/2006

A 23 year old Afghan woman has given birth to sextuplets in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif. First-time mother Sara Gul expressed joy but is daunted at the prospect of raising them. Afghanistan. 25th January 2012

Afghans in the Northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif gather to celebrate the new year set on the Spring Equinox. Images photographed by Ahmad Quraishi.

Seven foreign workers with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) were killed in Mazar-i-Sharif in the northern province of Balkh, said a UN spokesperson, after protests over the burning of a holy Quran by a U.S. church pastor.

During the ragime of Taliban there was ban on the nowroz celebrations as they termed it unislamic but in the present ragime every year the fastival of nowroz is being observed every year.

A day spent on patrol with Italian soldiers from the 82nd Brigade as they monitor the Ring Road, a two thousand mile stretch of road built by the Americans and Soviets in the 1960s that joins Mazar-i-Sharif and Herat. Shindand. 23rd July 2011

The building capacity of local community projects forming part of the overall regeneration process of communities has been identified as high priority by GIZ-DETA Mazar Zonal office in Sholgra, Kishindeh, Dar-e-Sof Bala and Dar-e-Payeen districts.

Over 150 Khurasan schoolgirls in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province fell sick after smelling gas, and are now being examined for possible poisoning, hospital officials said. This event is believed to have been a terrorist attack.

Video: A NATO-led foreign soldier was killed and five others were wounded in a traffic accident in northern Balkh province prompting security to be heightened. 17th May 2011.

Afghanistan takes part in traditional celebrations for Nowruz, The New Year, for Persian New Year.

During Ramadan, Mazār-e Sharīf becomes alive with the fervour of the devout. Also known as Mazāri Sharīf, the name of this city literally means "Noble Shrine," a reference to the large, blue-tiled mosque in the centre of the city known as the Shrine.

The improvement of village chicken production has been identified as a high priority by GIZ-DETA Mazar Zonal office in Sholgra, Kishindeh, Dar-e-Sof Bala and Dar-e-Payeen districts.

The project envisions helping 8,069 women/men who have a plot of land to cultivate the seeds in or around their house compounds to develop kitchen gardens increasing the family income.

Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of ISAF/U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, talks with Dr. Ashraf Ghani, a senior Afghan adviser and head of the Afghan transition process prior to attending the capital city of Lashkar Gah. 19th July 2011

Pakistan People’s Party has celebrated its 43 rd foundation day in Karachi near Mazar-e- quaid. During the event, the High Commander of the party addressed junior party members. Karachi,Pakistan. 25/1

ADWSO implemented a project with support of Counterpart international titled Better Life in which the women social worker/consultants visited the family/women door to door.

A group of trainers held competitions between 9,646 school children of six target districts in 24 schools in Jawizjan and Faryab provinces.

To provide opportunities that women-owned business can boost their business and access to MFIs service.

In one of snowy night Demotix reporter went together with ADWSO (Afghanistan Development welfare and Services Organization) team in middle of city for helping whose people sleeping under the snow in sidewalk way.

This series depicts the long term effects of war and people embracing life throughout four different regions of Afghanistan. 10/06/2008

Profile of Juma Khan Hamdard, the current Governor of Paktia province. Afghanistan. 15/11/2009.