The village of Markhanai

Photos from the village of Markhanai, located in the Tora Bora mountains of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. photographer: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF. (Source)

Houses located on a hilltop in the village of Markhanai. 

Girls carrying water pots on their heads.

Villagers sitting outside their homes in the village of Markhanai. 

An elderly man goes about his daily tasks. 

A high angle view looking down on the village of Markhanai.

Villagers sitting by a poppy field.

Photos of Pashtun nomads by Josephine Powell

Photos of Pashtun nomads, taken by Josephine Powell during her travels in Afghanistan in the 1950's. (Source)

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.