# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CTUpo5FDVoO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11683275-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/8982819a8c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-09-02T14:30:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by simonnorfolkstudio / A view of the restored Malik cistern, in Herat. Just eight weeks ago I was working in Afghanistan, and I've never seen a set of my pictures become so redundant so fast. It seems like a dark tide has drowned this wonderful country and the things I photographed: the beautiful cultural heritage, unknown outside Afghanistan;  the newborn hope for the future; the gentle people I met and fell for. Life there was not perfect under American rule; it'll be worse under the Taliban, especially for women. I'm in despair watching the news, and I can think only of posting everything I have from my 20 years of photographing there. These pictures already feel like they are from a lost world. To see more images of Afghanistan and other material, follow me simonnorfolkstudio.
#afghanistan #MalikCistern #Herat #culturalheritage

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herat, afghanistan, culturalheritage, malikcistern

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