These girls were on their way back from school

The family visited the beautiful Paghman Garden on Kings Hill.

This is the military marching

An Afghan army parade.

A Buddha statue in Bamiyan Valley, two larger ones of these were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.

Bill Podlich strides through the stunning scenery.

A family trip on a bus from Kabul to Peshawar in Pakistan

A chemistry lesson with a board covered in equations.

Masjid Shah-e-do Shamsheera in

Students at the Higher Teachers College of Kabul

car park of the American International School of Kabul

Young students dancing to music.

Boys playing the river in Kabul

A happy Afghan boy decorating cakes.

Men stand next to their gleaming car at a petrol station

Boys chill out outside the American International School of Kabul

Dr Podlich’s daughter smiling in a local market

Two sisters hand in hand walking through Kabul

Happy citizens gather on the roof of trucks for a group photograph.

Podlich’s daugters at Paghman Gardens.