Paghman

Last year, two men were killed after being found trying to steal water from the river Paghman in Kabul province.

Kabul faces severe water crisis 2010

The district begins roughly 15 miles west of Kabul and continues to the north along the Paghman mountain range for about 30 miles.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

Paghman is a district near Kabul that Sayyaf and his men dominate.

A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009

I looked straight at him and said, “We are not in Paghman here, so control yourself.”

A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009

The people of Paghman protested against this treatment a number of times and even burned photographs of Sayyaf.

A Woman Among Warlords Malalai Joya 2009

Logar province governor Abdullah Wardak, who fought alongside US troops during the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, died on a dirt road outside his home in Paghman, 20 km west of the capital.

Afghan Governor killed in suicide blast 2008

Paghman, with its rose gardens and fountains, was destroyed by the war in the 1980s.

An Afghan Childhood 2007

As the sun tucked further behind the Paghman mountains, we felt the melted snow on our clothes turn to hard ice.

Snow Days in Kabul 2007

On Friday we drove outside of the city, West, past the Karga Lake Dam and the Kabul Golf Course into the Paghman valley.

Snow Days in Kabul 2007

Weekends, when we weren't playing baseball, the family would drive across Afghanistan to look at old Greek and Islamic monuments, or take picnics up to Paghman, the royal summer palace.

An Afghan Childhood 2007