Glenna Gordon’s photos of the strangely beautiful decay of the mansions of Harper, Liberia made me want to post a few photos of Darul Aman Palace in Kabul. All of these were taken in June of this year.
The palace, once the Kabul home of Afghanistan's royal families, was burned by the Soviets, pounded with artillery by the mujahideen, mined and booby-trapped, seized by the Taliban, occupied by IDPs, and de-mined by NATO in the early 2000s. Today, it is fenced off and guarded by Afghan troops.
My friend Hadi.
Abstract art, sculpted with artillery.
Wandering under the shattered domes, I thought of what European cathedrals must have looked like in 1945.
A pair of crying eyes.
Transitionland 
These photos are amazing. Makes me want to do a similar kind of project in Afghanistan one of these days… Thanks for sharing, and for linking to my work.
Your work is great! I hope you’ll come to the ‘aid and conflict bloggers/tweeps happy hour’ I’m going to organize in NYC sometime around New Year’s.
Thanks!! If i’m in town, I’ll be there. But, I’m taking off in mid-December for a winter adventure in the Sahel, where it will thankfully not be winter. But keep me updated just in case I am around…