November 17, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: A woman wearing a burka walks down a hilltop neighbourhood in Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
Dog fight in Darulaman
Bird market, Kabul, Afghanistan on November 15, 2012.
November 15, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: A family of blacksmiths makes knifes and blades to be used during Ashura festival, in a workshop at the bird's bazaar in central Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 14, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: Local afghan men play volleyball beside a garbage dump site in the outskirts of Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 14, 2012: Afghan boys sit around a fire after a long day scavenging for recyclables at a garbage dump site in the outskirts of Kabul.
November 14, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: An Afghan Pashtun boy, who said he was forced from the troubled province of Baglan due to threats from the Taliban, scavenges for recyclables at a garbage dump site in Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 11, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: Ninth grade female students attend geography classes at Shirino High School in Kabul...After decades without access to education under the Taliban regime, and despite the still existent social stigmas, female students make now 40 per cent of the over all students in the country. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
November 08, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: Children play in a cemetery at sunset in the outskirts of Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 08, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghan teenagers play volleyball at Shar-e-Naw park in central Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 09, 2012 - Panjshir, Afghanistan: Locals watch TV in a restaurant in one of the villages of the Panjshir Valley. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 15, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: A vendor stands at his meet stall in the market area in central Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 15, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: A vendor stands holding a bird of prey at Kabul's bird bazaar. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 06, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: Reflexion of a local merchant on a mirror in a shop at the bird's bazaar. In the back wall, posters of the late mujahideen commander, Ahmad Shah Massoud. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 15, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: Local merchants at the birds bazaar in central Kabul. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
November 16, 2012 - Kabul, Afghanistan: View of Darul Aman palace in Kabul, which was destroyed during the civil war of the early 1990s. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
