A small block of ‘Junduk’ grade (±grade 2) lapis lazuli from Sar-e-Sang mine, in Badakhshan
Faisal in front of the mountains around Eskazar, Badakhshan
Haji Abdul Qadir, a Taliban commander who runs the mine, and his soldiers
Looking south over the vast Kokcha river valley towards Eskazar
En route from Ewem
The lunar landscapes of northeastern Afghanistan
One of endless painted ‘jingle trucks’ that transport food around Afghanistan and Pakistan - this one with a German plate
Ali Bik, from Sekwow village in Keranamanjan
Sifutallah Shahid Omari, a Taliban soldier, takes tea in a flower shop near Bamiyan
Abdulhaq shows of a large block of junduk grade (2nd tier) lapis, mined from the mountain immediately behind the office
Nomads on the road approaching the Anjoman pass, which straddles Badakhshan and Panjshir provinces
The scooter license plate of the Ewen village chief reads: “Peace was not part of our destiny”
Abu Zai and Ahmad Zohar, from Ewen, standing in a huge cannabis field
Faisal and Haider taking a break at Anjoman lake
A farmer from Iskatul
Morning light in Sikwow
A boy transporting goods from Eskazar towards Zebak
Early morning traffic on the way from the Anjoman pass to the Panjshir valley
Two traders - Assadallah and Ghulam - bartering goods like toothpaste and rice for apples and pears
A farmer standing atop a mountain of hay in Keranamanjan
Muhammad Nazabik, the headman from Sekwow village, elected as chief at just 32 years old on the basis of his intelligence and education
Cerulean waters on the flood plains just south of Sar e Sang
Boys swimming in a river outside of Baharak, Badakhshan
A sheep is strapped on a motorbike to be sold at a market near Eskazar
Heading towards Zebak from Baharak
Esmatullah, one of the guards at the Saresang mine, holds a small piece of lapis from a jewel shop at the foot of the mines
A farmer cutting wheat close to the Anjoman pass
Ghulam, one of the traders bartering in Sekwow, at breakfast with the chief
Crossing one of the many rickety bridges over the Saricha river
The vast scale and remoteness of Badakhshan’s mountains render the man and his mule to the far right of the image almost invisible
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