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Band-e-Amir: Afghanistan's New National Park

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Residents of Band-e-Amir National Park bring their horses to pasture in the early morning. Locals hope to start offering horseback rides around the park and other services to supplement their incomes if more tourists start coming.

Ben Arnoldy/The Christian Science Monitor

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