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April 24th, 2009
11:22 PM ET
Photo Gallery: Afghanistan's first national park
Lake Kara is the largest of the six lakes in Band-e-Amir national park.
Another lake in the park.
Wildlife Conservation Society's scientist Chris Shank with two Afghan park guards.
A person stands at the top of one of the travertine dams that make up the series of six lakes.
To learn more about the park, go here.
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Thanks AC360 crew for sharing the awesome pictures!
Absolutely beautiful! We can see God's creation everywhere.
So refreshing!
Thanks for highlighting such beautiful and untouched lakes in Afghanistan. Simply amazing.
Looks like Planet of the Apes scenary, but if it works for them Great!!
Incredible! My sister is in Afghanistan for the Army and even though I worry about her everyday, it's nice to know that she can see some beauty in a place filled with ugliness.
Breathtaking! It is a different story on Afghanistan.
Well it’s so beautiful and I wish that the international community help and support Afghanistan for exploring more locations in this country, and thanks to CNN especially the AC360.com for broadcasting these pictures.
Thanks
Khwaja Mohammad Masood
Kabul, Afghanistan
How beautiful. Hopefully Afghanistan can attract tourism business with their national park once the fighting is over. The pictures are magnificient.
there is nature and peacfull beauty in such a country where there was never peace for its people to enjoy going to these places.
Beautiful images!
It is great to see news about Afghanistan so differents of war, death, suffering, atrocities!
Simply beautiful!
Thank you for posting these stunning pictures. In the midst of the doom and gloom that has so strangled our current newscasts, it is a welcome respite.
Wow! Every picture of Afghanistan I've seen looks like the surface of the moon, no green, no blue just barren as far as the eye can see. It's nice to know there are some pleasant places in that country.
ooo my god "
is this far from the " afghanistan living populations )
this is what they need ( a place to go with there familys
what a beautyfull sight "
Beautiful!!!
Interesting national park in Afghanistan. But there's no greenery. Are those rock formations? And why now? did they budget to improve this park or is it a natural and they just now decided to make it into a national park?
haha thats understandable when we are not able to maintain a private jet we need such plan to pay our credits ,
ppl need food , place and dress first then lets think abt park
Beautiful Pictures.