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Border guards at the Tajik/Afghan border, where most of the opium and heroin found in Western countries goes through. On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan

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Copyright: © Matthieu Paley
Image Size: 3349x4700 / 3.7MB; © http://www.paleyphoto.com; Afghanistan Amu Darya Asia Central Asia High Asia Kirghiz Kirgiz Kyrgyz Little Pamir Oxus Pamir River Roof of the world Tajikistan Wakhan corridor adventure anthropology border borderguard cold ethnography expedition exploration extreme frozen geopolitics high altitude history indoor lifestyle man men mountain mountain images mountains nomadic nomads peace park photography travel photographer tribe valley vertical winter
Contained in galleries: Secret valley, Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan - 2008, 2011, 2012

Border guards at the Tajik/Afghan border, where most of the opium and heroin found in Western countries goes through. On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor.Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan