Afghan Scenes. Scenes of rural third world poverty in Northern Afghanistan.
TLS Shepherd grazing sheep by rusted remnants of tanks (probably Soviet tanks). Melancholy imagery. MS Afghan shepherd in turban walks his flock past the camera. MS rusted tank, sheep in the BG. CU tank. TLS shepherd and flock walking past rusted tanks. TLS Afghan man riding a donkey. TLS men riding donkeys past abandoned tanks. TLS shepherd and flock.
POV from passenger side of car of rural Afghanistan scenery. POV of empty fields. POV of small houses.
MS ancient stone gates (archway) in the rural town of Balkh, Afghanistan. MS boy standing in front of archway. Pan down archway. MS Idle donkey tethered to cart.
TLS Several Afghan horsemen rear their horses, whoop it up on dirt road in middle of the town of Balkh. MS Afghan horsemen. Afghan children & lay man w/ turban & AK-47 Kalashnikov assault rifle slung over shoulder look on. A Jeep with heavily armed territorial warlords pulls onto scene; note the AK47 rifles & RPG rocket launcher hanging from the back; one warrior alights vehicle. Lawlessness. MS warlords in Jeep. TLS horsemen ride away.
MS of Afghan horsemen showing off steeds, rearing the animals on dirt road in Balkh. Small wooden shacks line the street in the BG. MS horsemen with male villagers gathered around watching. MS horsemen ride away from the camera. TLS horsemen and children on dirt road. TLS horsemen rid away; Jeep with territorial warlords follows them. MS Jeep passes camera. TLS horsemen riding away.
MS Turban clad male teenager sits on wooden cart pulled by donkey; younger boy leaps off, runs away. MS boy and donkey pulled cart moving down street.
MS White doves (Peace symbol) walking near dirt road in Balkh.
LS traffic (primarily pedestrians & camels) on rural village road in Balkh. Good TLS of burdened camels on street. TLS pedestrians (men and boys) walking toward the camera. TLS four camels loaded with possessions walking in a line.
TLS two Afghan men on street in Balkh; one has an AK-47 slung over his shoulder. TLS burdened camels and pedestrians walking on rural village road. TLS man on motorbike and a Jeep drive past the camera. TLS donkey pulling cart loaded with burlap sacks. TLS camels on the road. MS two camels; one sits down. Man forces the other camel to sit.
MS three young Afghan men walking down the street; one has an AK-47 slung over his shoulder. TLS pretty horse drawn carriage. A yellow and white taxi cab with many packages strapped on top drives past the camera. MS burdened camels standing at the side of the road.
TLS Ancient hilltop ruins of the former kingdom of Balkh at dusk. MS small Camel caravan moves down deserted dirt road at dusk. TLS camel caravan.