British Cemetery gates, Kabul

Posted by Scotfot (Kabul, Afghanistan) on 8 January 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

The British Cemetery dates back to the 2nd Anglo-Afghan War. British soldiers who died in that campaign are buried here. Later it became the place to bury any non-Afghans who died in Kabul. It was intriguing to see so many nationalities and people of different backgrounds in the one cemetery. A Jesuit rubbing shoulders with junkies (the latter from the 60's hippy trail mostly OD'ng). Whole families who died in traffic accidents, a Danish explorer next to a British Civil Sevant next to a Polish geologist next to a well known 'Digger' from San Francisco - lots of interesting stories within these gates!

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