Skip to main content
Plan Your Journey

Photo credits

These photographs show landscapes and heritage sites in Afghanistan. We thank the photographers and organizations who made their work available for reuse.

Website images have been resized and converted to WebP. Displayed crops may vary by screen size. The same photograph may appear in several website sections; its credit is listed once below.

Band-e-Amir lake beneath limestone cliffs

Band-e-Amir lake beneath limestone cliffs

Band-e-Amir National Park, Bamyan Province

Original file title
Lake in National park in Band-e Amir, Bamyan.JPG
Photographer / organization
Jaffnaanna
Reuse license
CC BY-SA 3.0
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Adaptations of this photograph are shared under the same or a compatible license.

Blue lake and limestone cliffs at Band-e-Amir

Blue lake and limestone cliffs at Band-e-Amir

Band-e-Amir National Park, Bamyan Province

Original file title
Lake Band-e-Amir Afghanistan.jpg
Photographer / organization
Carl Montgomery
Reuse license
CC BY 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

Band-e-Amir lake and surrounding limestone canyon

Band-e-Amir lake and surrounding limestone canyon

Band-e-Amir National Park, Bamyan Province

Original file title
Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan.jpg
Photographer / organization
Carl Montgomery
Reuse license
CC BY 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

Bamyan Valley and the empty niche of the larger Buddha

Bamyan Valley and the empty niche of the larger Buddha

Bamyan Valley, Bamyan Province

Original file title
Bamyan Valley in 2012.jpg
Photographer / organization
Sgt. Ken Scar (U.S. Armed Forces)
Reuse license
Public domain
Public domain - US federal government official work
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

The source identifies this photograph as an official US government work in the public domain in the United States.

Eastern entrance and gardens of Herat Friday Mosque

Eastern entrance and gardens of Herat Friday Mosque

Friday Mosque, Herat

Original file title
2009 Friday Mosque in Herat Afghanistan 4072957808.jpg
Photographer / organization
Jim Kelly
Reuse license
CC BY 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

Exterior of Herat Citadel

Exterior of Herat Citadel

Herat Citadel, Herat

Original file title
Herat Citadel, Afghanistan.jpg
Photographer / organization
Marius Arnesen
Reuse license
CC BY-SA 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Adaptations of this photograph are shared under the same or a compatible license.

Sunlight inside a restored corridor of Herat Citadel

Sunlight inside a restored corridor of Herat Citadel

Herat Citadel, Herat

Original file title
Sunlight filters through a corridor of the Citadel of Herat in Herat, Afghanistan, Dec 111231-F-WU507-178.jpg
Photographer / organization
MSgt Kevin Wallace
Reuse license
Public domain
Public domain - US federal government official work
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

The source identifies this photograph as an official US government work in the public domain in the United States.

Mosque inside the Gardens of Babur in Kabul

Mosque inside the Gardens of Babur in Kabul

Gardens of Babur, Kabul

Original file title
Bagh-e Babur garden in Kabul 01.jpg
Photographer / organization
Ninaras
Reuse license
CC BY 4.0
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

Terraced gardens of Babur in Kabul

Terraced gardens of Babur in Kabul

Gardens of Babur, Kabul

Original file title
Gardens of Babur (September 2011).jpg
Photographer / organization
USAID Afghanistan
Reuse license
Public domain
Public domain - US federal government official work
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

The source identifies this photograph as an official US government work in the public domain in the United States.

Kabul city skyline

Kabul city skyline

Kabul

Original file title
Kabul skyline -a.jpg
Photographer / organization
Jim Kelly
Reuse license
CC BY 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

Green Panjshir River Valley and mountain slopes

Green Panjshir River Valley and mountain slopes

Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province

Original file title
Panjshir River Valley in May 2011.jpg
Photographer / organization
Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor (U.S. armed forces)
Reuse license
CC BY 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

River winding through the Panjshir Valley

River winding through the Panjshir Valley

Panjshir Valley, Panjshir Province

Original file title
A river in Panjshir, Afghanistan, in 2009 (4061490868).jpg
Photographer / organization
Jim Kelly
Reuse license
CC BY 2.0
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Reused with attribution under the linked Creative Commons license.

Homestead and green garden in the Wakhan Corridor

Homestead and green garden in the Wakhan Corridor

Near Kala Panja, Wakhan Corridor, Badakhshan Province

Original file title
Homestead-wakhan.jpg
Photographer / organization
Benoît Vicart
Reuse license
CC0
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

The photographer dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0 1.0.

Two grazing horses in the Afghan Wakhan mountain landscape

Two grazing horses in the Afghan Wakhan mountain landscape

Near Sarhad-e Broghil, Wakhan Corridor, Badakhshan Province

Original file title
2 chevaux wakhan Sahrad-e-Broghil.jpg
Photographer / organization
Benoît Vicart
Reuse license
CC0
CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

The photographer dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0 1.0.

Blue-tiled Hazrat Ali shrine in Mazar-e-Sharif

Blue-tiled Hazrat Ali shrine in Mazar-e-Sharif

Shrine of Hazrat Ali (Blue Mosque), Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province

Original file title
Rowza Shrine Hazrat Ali Mazar-e Sharif Afghanistan....... front.jpg
Photographer / organization
AhmadElhan
Reuse license
CC BY-SA 4.0
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

Adaptations of this photograph are shared under the same or a compatible license.

Snow-covered Hindu Kush mountains outside the Salang Tunnel

Snow-covered Hindu Kush mountains outside the Salang Tunnel

Salang Tunnel, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan

Original file title
Snow covered mountains outside of Salang tunnel in Afghanistan.jpg
Photographer / organization
Sgt. Scott Davis
Reuse license
Public domain
Public domain - US federal government official work
Website version
Resized and converted to WebP for website display.

The source identifies this photograph as an official US government work in the public domain in the United States.