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  • Armoured army vehicles used by the ISAF troops travel down the Kabul–Jalalabad Road is a highway running between the Afghan cities of Kabul (the national capital) and Jalalabad, the largest city in eastern Afghanistan and capital of Nangarhar Province.<br />
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Because of the many traffic accidents, the road between Jalalabad and Kabul is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world.<br />
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It is a large part of the Afghan leg of the Grand Trunk Road
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  • Two farmers stock up there warehouse with vegetables which would be then be used by the Army personel stationed in & around Jaffna.
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  • A bombed out dwelling now over grown & infested with land mine within the High Security Zone.
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  • Army Officers on patrol around Jaffna town.
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  • A Sri Lankan Sri Lankan Army officer on patrol in Jaffna
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  • A bullock cart or ox cart, carries goods from the Jetty to the general store on  Nagadeepa island.
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  • A tuk tuk or 3 wheeler driver waits for a customer
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  • Young boys fishing in one of the many man made lakes around Jaffna town.
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  • A wood yard in Jaffna town
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  • The entrance of the Jaffna fort.
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  • Man carries rice.
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  • A wall inside the Jaffna fort covered with Graffiti.
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  • A bombed out dwelling now over grown & infested with land mine within the High Security Zone.
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  • Women selling fish at the fish market just outside of Jaffna town near the Jaffna Fort.
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  • Two labourers trying to start up their Massey Ferguson tractor.
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  • St John the baptist church just outside of the centre of Jaffna town.
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  • Man carries furniture along the back streets of jaffna town.
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  • Sri Lankan soldiers on patrol in Jaffna
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  • Metal worker welding a metal structure in the industrial area of Jaffna.
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  • Workers rebuilding the Jaffna Fort seek shelter from the rain in a former L.T.T.E army bunker on the fringes of the Jaffna fort.
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  • People waiting at the bus stop
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  • An abandoned bullet ridden house, one of the many such houses in the outskirts of Jaffna town.
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  • A three wheel stand outside the market in Jaffna.
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  • Hindu worshippers outside a Hindu temple on the outskirts of Jaffna.
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  • Mother 'dinks' her young daughter on the back of her bicycle through the back streets of Jaffna.
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  • A colourful A hindu Temple
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  • A man fixing a Massey Ferguson tractor
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  • Local mens & children clothes merchant in his tiny shop along the narrow bazaar alleys in Jaffna town.
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  • Shoe shop & fruit stall along Power House road.
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  • A biscuit & confectionary outlet in Jaffna town.
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  • Boys playing cricket outside a church in Jaffna.
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  • A wood yard in Jaffna town, a key resource in the rebuilding of Jaffna & the war ravaged north.
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  • Women selling fish at the fish market just outside of Jaffna town near the Jaffna Fort.
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  • Young boy carries water from water pump back home to his family.
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  • Truck driver sits in his truck named 'Tusker Super'.
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  • Young fortune tellers along hospital road whom read your palm.
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  • Local woman waiting for the bus to go to Jaffna from Point Pedro.
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  • An old soviet military tank on display along Kabul Jalalabad road
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  • Young boys rebuilding the road from Point Pedro to Jaffna.
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  • The eelam people's democratic party office in Jaffna.
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  • Young boys rebuilding the road from Point Pedro to Jaffna.
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  • The eelam people's democratic party office in Jaffna.
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  • The once productive KKS cement factory is inside the high security zone and therefore is not functional.
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  • Women selling fish at the fish market just outside of Jaffna town near the Jaffna Fort.
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  • The refurbished Jaffna library, which was bombed during the civil war.
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  • Young woman rides her bicycle along hospital road while an older woman walks along the path.
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  • A man rides his bicycle through a street surrounded by ruined and abandoned buildings due to the war
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  • A store selling old TV's and electronic white goods
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  • Inside the Nainativu Naha Vihara  or buddhist temple on Nagadeepa Island.
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  • A truck drives into a river
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  • A Temple tank Bathing at the Sri Kathiramalai Sivan Devasthanam temple  in Chunnakam just outside Jaffna. The sacred waters of these tanks is thought to cure disease and maladies.
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  • An army officer on patrol
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  • Man Riding a bicycle
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  • Rio ice cream a very popular ice cream parlour in Jaffna town.
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  • Young boys rebuilding the road from Point Pedro to Jaffna.
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  • A highly secure communications tower & lighthouse in Point Pedro.
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  • A petrol station in Chunnakam on the outskirts of Jaffna.
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  • The entrance towards the Nagabooshani Amman Kovil or temple on Nagadeepa island.
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  • Once a majestic dutch built house now destroyed after years of war.
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  • An abandoned bullet ridden house, one of the many such houses in the outskirts of Jaffna town.
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  • the Jaffna fort, which was built by the Portuguese and renovated by the Dutch on 1680 & came under attack during the Sri Lankan Civil war. Now being rebuilt with the support of donations.
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  • Vendor selling the popular 'Manioc' a a woody shrub grown in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates.
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  • Worker taking a rest from deliverying rice to shops & rice merchants in the Jaffna town.
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  • School boys riding back home after school past the main sport oval in Jaffna.
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  • Special forces waiting to escort Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa through Jaffna town so he can deliver his speech during the Thai Pongal hindu religious festival.
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  • Young boys at the IDP Charahi Qambar refugee camp.
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  • One of the many motorbike & scooter shops in Jaffna which have opened up since the end of the war.
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  • Man rides bicycle through a bobmed out street in Jaffna
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  • the Jaffna fort, which was built by the Portuguese and renovated by the Dutch on 1680 & came under attack during the Sri Lankan Civil war. Now being rebuilt with the support of donations.
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  • Daily life Jaffna
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  • Boys playing carrom outside on Nagadeepa Island.
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  • Local woman waiting for the bus to go to Jaffna from Point Pedro.
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  • Young man rides his bicycle past the lottery ticket vendor.
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  • A young boy holds a little fish he caught from fishing in the lake
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  • A landmine sign surrouned by barbed wire
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  • the Jaffna fort, which was built by the Portuguese and renovated by the Dutch on 1680 & came under attack during the Sri Lankan Civil war. Now being rebuilt with the support of donations.
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  • One of the many  colourful trucks travelling through Jaffna.
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  • A Temple tank Bathing at the Sri Kathiramalai Sivan Devasthanam temple  in Chunnakam just outside Jaffna. The sacred waters of these tanks is thought to cure disease and maladies.
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  • A bullet ridden  dwelling now over grown with shrubs within the High Security Zone.
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  • Travelling by bullock cart or ox cart, one of the more common methods of transport around the small Nagadeepa island.
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  • Workers rebuilding the Jaffna Fort seek shelter from the rain in a former L.T.T.E army bunker on the fringes of the Jaffna fort.
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  • Workers rebuilding the Jaffna Fort. The Jaffna library is in the background.
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  • A young motorcycle mechanic working away in his little garage in Jaffna town.
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  • Fruit & Vegetable vendor in the covered Market in Jaffna town.
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  • Mechanic tightens nuts on bus wheel.
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  • Commuters at the bus stop waiting for the Bus to Jaffna.
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  • Fisherman leaving the mornings catch out to dry. Dried fish is a very common & popular addition to Sri Lankan food.
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  • Street scene on the main road in Jaffna town, Hospital Road. As an army looks on in front of a slightly refurbished bullet ridden building.
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  • Young boys fishing in one of the many man made lakes around Jaffna town.
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  • Police officer commanding traffic at the junction just outside of the main high street of Hospital road.
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  • Armoured army vehicles used by the ISAF troops travel down the Kabul–Jalalabad Road is a highway running between the Afghan cities of Kabul (the national capital) and Jalalabad, the largest city in eastern Afghanistan and capital of Nangarhar Province.<br />
<br />
Because of the many traffic accidents, the road between Jalalabad and Kabul is considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world.<br />
<br />
It is a large part of the Afghan leg of the Grand Trunk Road
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  • Aloe vera plants near a lake outside of Point Pedro
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  • Police officer commanding traffic at the junction just outside of the main high street of Hospital road.
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  • Buddha statues inside the Nainativu Naha Vihara  or buddhist temple on Nagadeepa Island.
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  • Vendor & bicycle repairer at his shop in Jaffna town.
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  • Sri Lankan army troops on patrol near the Jaffna fort.
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  • Hindi temple on route to Point Pedro.
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  • Local fisherman walks along the shore in Point Pedro.
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