Nomad children and a camel

Pashtun nomad children photographed with a camel in the North-West Frontier Province of British India. Photo taken by Randolph Bezant Holmes between 1915 and 1925. 

Pashtun nomads photographed by Roland and Sabrina Michaud

Below are photos of Pashtun nomads, commonly known as Kuchis, photographed by Roland and Sabrina Michaud in Afghanistan:

Pashtun nomad woman with face tattoos and heavy jewelry in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan. Pre-1980. (Source)

Pashtun nomads on the road. 1971. (Source)

Pashtun nomad girl wearing jewelry. 1965. (Source)

A group of Pashtun nomad women. Undated. (Source)

Plum garden in Ziarat

Plum garden in Ziarat valley, northern Balochistan, Pakistan. Photo by Umar Shaikh Shaikh on Flickr.

Young shepherds in Paktia

Young shepherds in Zazi Aryoub district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Photographer: Muhammad Karim. Published in 1988 by the Afghan Media Resource Center.

Kuchi children at a camp in Kabul

A young Kuchi girl holds her little sister at a camp for internally displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan. Kuchis are Pashtun nomads who migrate seasonally between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Even in the cities, they raise sheep and goats who eat food scraps. Photo by Renaud Douci/Solidatirés International.

Woman spinning yarn

Pashtun woman spinning yarn from wool. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes. Collection: "Northern India and the North-West Frontier Province" (1910-1919).

Scenery in Wardak

Photos of Wardak province, Afghanistan, published in 1988 by the Afghan Media Resource Center:

View of fruit trees and irrigated fields. Photographer: Muhammad Saeed.

View of fruit trees between canyons. Photographer: Muhammad Saeed.

View of fruit trees and irrigated fields. Photographer: Muhammad Saeed.