https://casperhedberg.com Casper Hedberg photographer Wed, 21 May 2025 11:54:53 +0000 https://casperhedberg.com en https://casperhedberg.com/Buzkashi-2023 Wed, 21 May 2025 09:20:53 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Buzkashi-2023 <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a4fa8101b1bc366c477e0b58a34056675fdc26accd6e6d345bb484146824f43/Buzkashi_01.jpg" data-mid="233501462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a4fa8101b1bc366c477e0b58a34056675fdc26accd6e6d345bb484146824f43/Buzkashi_01.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd0dd651367a77b47fbd08df7a6a144c451e248f0aceb9d2a7ee71e43747b029/Buzkashi_02.jpg" data-mid="233501463" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd0dd651367a77b47fbd08df7a6a144c451e248f0aceb9d2a7ee71e43747b029/Buzkashi_02.jpg" /> <img width="7043" height="4698" width_o="7043" height_o="4698" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/272e83e57f6ca5c43ac79ce910377d810f6449b68076d1daf8522416ea873771/Buzkashi_10.jpg" data-mid="233501471" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/272e83e57f6ca5c43ac79ce910377d810f6449b68076d1daf8522416ea873771/Buzkashi_10.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51a352460eb93ad692b2e8ead8173156226a24ebedf51e2d0227507eccf0ced5/Buzkashi_09.jpg" data-mid="233501470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51a352460eb93ad692b2e8ead8173156226a24ebedf51e2d0227507eccf0ced5/Buzkashi_09.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d27381065ca4814e7aba1839946819c4693bf4c8deab4951cb2fc06e178754e1/Buzkashi_06.jpg" data-mid="233501467" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d27381065ca4814e7aba1839946819c4693bf4c8deab4951cb2fc06e178754e1/Buzkashi_06.jpg" /> <img width="7657" height="5107" width_o="7657" height_o="5107" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f79126d3fa212f606671539fc85b62e754abd9308410da263bdd22b31fa30057/Buzkashi_07.jpg" data-mid="233501468" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f79126d3fa212f606671539fc85b62e754abd9308410da263bdd22b31fa30057/Buzkashi_07.jpg" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d86da753bb1be30e4b61d13f7fed12d2c39006e23a4fd37b7f3077e97a6f552b/Buzkashi_08.jpg" data-mid="233501469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d86da753bb1be30e4b61d13f7fed12d2c39006e23a4fd37b7f3077e97a6f552b/Buzkashi_08.jpg" /> <img width="7690" height="5129" width_o="7690" height_o="5129" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6885d4e725bd261df890454352939dfc3bc8fc38b8d6b3cc4a172af9eca4c3b0/Buzkashi_11.jpg" data-mid="233501472" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6885d4e725bd261df890454352939dfc3bc8fc38b8d6b3cc4a172af9eca4c3b0/Buzkashi_11.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64d63b904c64afadff92eab04ddd8d26ed89397473695c0f00a878262b8bbda9/Buzkashi_12.jpg" data-mid="233501473" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64d63b904c64afadff92eab04ddd8d26ed89397473695c0f00a878262b8bbda9/Buzkashi_12.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc8d6f8616a89301baaf420e1e7778f7dc85fc3293fbbb2acbb40de433bba827/Buzkashi_05.jpg" data-mid="233501466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc8d6f8616a89301baaf420e1e7778f7dc85fc3293fbbb2acbb40de433bba827/Buzkashi_05.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab73293eecb3724f71b1103b6343a1dba68d0c9f64495e10ea7fc571dcaa6fd5/Buzkashi_03.jpg" data-mid="233501464" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab73293eecb3724f71b1103b6343a1dba68d0c9f64495e10ea7fc571dcaa6fd5/Buzkashi_03.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67125fae77d31c144d5c23bcb6bd0829f165f555b8242dc021cebc54bc1d6740/Buzkashi_04.jpg" data-mid="233501465" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67125fae77d31c144d5c23bcb6bd0829f165f555b8242dc021cebc54bc1d6740/Buzkashi_04.jpg" /> In august 2021 the Taliban again took power in Afghanistan. The seizure of power meant the end of the war, but not of the suffering. In recent years, the economy has collapsed, unemployment has skyrocketed and more than half of the country's population of nearly 40 million today lives on or above the threshold of starvation. The glimmers of light for the Afghan people are few. But - as in all wars and disasters - man has a unique ability to find his way and find the small joys in life. The country's ancient national sport – Buzkashi, where men on horseback fight over a sheep carcass – is one such joy. https://casperhedberg.com/Justice-or-peace-Kenya Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:32:18 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Justice-or-peace-Kenya <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a71a49ca845a63624f2c173c4e7531b8fced8bcc6dd5e2e7e0caa7c6e11fe66/CH_justiceorpeace_01.jpg" data-mid="86128634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a71a49ca845a63624f2c173c4e7531b8fced8bcc6dd5e2e7e0caa7c6e11fe66/CH_justiceorpeace_01.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/337d5bfd0d2e6677cd367aea95dcbb8075e5f1288f1121b23a2fc58d82b3e725/CH_justiceorpeace_02.jpg" data-mid="86128636" border="0" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/40daf4893bc2425ffbb10e3d9f2f4eea2d1ab1ed8fb02cd724b03a8e5b7c86bc/CH_justiceorpeace_24.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67fcb357cd6885c452355fe68939e40751c19dbcddfc0f50e72f26b39d1759cf/CH_justiceorpeace_26.jpg" data-mid="86128664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67fcb357cd6885c452355fe68939e40751c19dbcddfc0f50e72f26b39d1759cf/CH_justiceorpeace_26.jpg" /> Justice or peace The conflict that erupted in Kenya after the presidential election in December 2007 exposed fissures in the facade of the leading East African country. Kenya found itself in a crisis where its population was forced to equilibrate between alternatives. Justice or peace. To break the law or to escape. After New Year 2008 Kenya plunged into a deep crisis with ethnic cleansing, discourage tourists and an arriving humanitarian catastrophe. It all began the 30th of December, when the election result was made official and the president in power, Mwai Kibaki, was announced as the winner. Hasty and secretly he was sworn in for five more years at the power. One month after the election more than 250.000 people have been displaced by the violence and the official death toll of 1000 is probably heavily under-estimated. https://casperhedberg.com/Night-life-Sierra-Leone Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:56:57 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Night-life-Sierra-Leone <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02543604d618a74a6fc9a727389439909534d1c0a05b6f294150fa0aa2ac95fc/DSCF5073.jpg" data-mid="82211578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02543604d618a74a6fc9a727389439909534d1c0a05b6f294150fa0aa2ac95fc/DSCF5073.jpg" /> Koidu, Sierra Leone. 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width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c6ef1c445253051553d36862b67bccb6553c09b79d2004f27ad776b4f27eb11/CH_DINKA_75.jpg" data-mid="86026947" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c6ef1c445253051553d36862b67bccb6553c09b79d2004f27ad776b4f27eb11/CH_DINKA_75.jpg" /> After 25 years of civil war, the Dinka people are now back to normal life in South Sudan. A way of life that hasn’t changed much since ancient time. South Sudan offers the last vast grassland in Africa were herders still find plenty of space to move about; for hundreds and hundreds of Kilometers both east and west of the Nile banks. The Dinka tribe is the largest tribe in South Sudan with around 2,5 million people. The Dinka clans are living on the edges of the Sudd, the big swamp and wetland formed by the Nile river. Its a life settled around cattle. They drink their milk, they worship them, they call them by names and they wash their faces and bodies with cattle urin. Cattle’s are killed only at very special occasions, like weddings, or if the animal is sick. In the dry season they herd their cattle into the grassland, in the rain season they start to herd them back from the floodplains to higher grounds. There are plenty of fish in the Sudd and one traditional way of living for the Dinka people is the life as fishermen. Dinka fishermen use dugout canoes and mostly fish with nets but also with spears. But most of the Dinkas are living with their cattle’s as half nomads. The herders and their families live with their cattle together with other Dinka families and forms huge cattle camps that often consists of a couple of 100 people and even more cattle’s. Every morning the animals are released and goes away to pasture. In the late afternoon the cattle’s returns back to the camps by them selves. They miss their home and want to be milked. There are always dung fires against flies in the camp so a fine layer of white ash is everywhere and the wind blows curtains of ash all around the place. Shot for Terra Mater Magazine. https://casperhedberg.com/Herat-Afghanistan Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:39:57 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Herat-Afghanistan <img width="2933" height="4400" width_o="2933" height_o="4400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56338533e4ae291752c08e94b9048529edc12fc74af971a6cb080829923c73e3/_F5C7876_bw.jpg" data-mid="87039114" border="0" data-scale="47" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56338533e4ae291752c08e94b9048529edc12fc74af971a6cb080829923c73e3/_F5C7876_bw.jpg" /> Abdul Zahir, 72, is a former opium farmers from Herat province in western Afghanistan. For over ten years ago, he began to cultivate saffron instead of opium. He now earns more than twice as much on his farms. Abdul Zahir has 12 children of their own and a total of 57 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, all families are somehow involved in saffron cultivation. https://casperhedberg.com/Volleyball-Afghanistan Wed, 21 May 2025 11:54:53 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Volleyball-Afghanistan <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e949dc0895dc8d21165c435cb43549c2e78cfbaa5bb9e1947256f0b6b22d7490/volleyboll_01.jpg" data-mid="233507390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e949dc0895dc8d21165c435cb43549c2e78cfbaa5bb9e1947256f0b6b22d7490/volleyboll_01.jpg" /> <img width="7882" height="5911" width_o="7882" height_o="5911" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3178e4d6a700f3cbcf35db9d0e0f4308773e88a6706659c5a116151fc5e366ae/volleyboll_02.jpg" data-mid="233507391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3178e4d6a700f3cbcf35db9d0e0f4308773e88a6706659c5a116151fc5e366ae/volleyboll_02.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5402fcf208f2c4eba769280f7e6ba22a64060d07994ffc80c58276c4f6178031/volleyboll_03.jpg" data-mid="233507392" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5402fcf208f2c4eba769280f7e6ba22a64060d07994ffc80c58276c4f6178031/volleyboll_03.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c30522939f58c3ccaabc2bebd697393d30a5a21795812228c874db4acc44b8b7/volleyboll_04.jpg" data-mid="233507393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c30522939f58c3ccaabc2bebd697393d30a5a21795812228c874db4acc44b8b7/volleyboll_04.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f860d240fbb57b8654b83659dbd33890115410f00d417c9c65ea942202397dd/volleyboll_05.jpg" data-mid="233507395" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f860d240fbb57b8654b83659dbd33890115410f00d417c9c65ea942202397dd/volleyboll_05.jpg" /> <img width="7956" height="5967" width_o="7956" height_o="5967" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6466a61b835cb1c010d89210dce7b91913ac57f3de6c5ab44cb5a886882f88d1/volleyboll_06.jpg" data-mid="233507396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6466a61b835cb1c010d89210dce7b91913ac57f3de6c5ab44cb5a886882f88d1/volleyboll_06.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b94f3d3b6986e77aa8fd4c4fa06637cfb0af22164fd37ecb9bdd8cb570b801d6/volleyboll_07.jpg" data-mid="233507398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b94f3d3b6986e77aa8fd4c4fa06637cfb0af22164fd37ecb9bdd8cb570b801d6/volleyboll_07.jpg" /> <img width="7080" height="5310" width_o="7080" height_o="5310" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33b42f1940e189b23a7114a5cb19ec59da99acca4809364218e9ed9e084f6847/volleyboll_08.jpg" data-mid="233507399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33b42f1940e189b23a7114a5cb19ec59da99acca4809364218e9ed9e084f6847/volleyboll_08.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f37a123db89d5cf2094fb170c6ac9d8504a0582c3ef6a5b8ad461476df0bf60/volleyboll_09.jpg" data-mid="233507400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f37a123db89d5cf2094fb170c6ac9d8504a0582c3ef6a5b8ad461476df0bf60/volleyboll_09.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f55ad925c865d183010f3b1c56304eb4beb339c02e830e980dd1285d48912122/volleyboll_10.jpg" data-mid="233507401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f55ad925c865d183010f3b1c56304eb4beb339c02e830e980dd1285d48912122/volleyboll_10.jpg" /> In the province of Badhakshan in northeastern Afghanistan, volleyball is played - just about everywhere. Despite the fact that it is winter and that the temperature often falls below zero. Afghanistan is at the top of the list of the world's poorest. In large parts of the country, the situation can be described as a humanitarian disaster. Close to half of the country's population of just under 40 million today live at or below the verge of starvation. This escape from reality into the world of sports is now only reserved for men. Since the Taliban dramatically took over power in August 2021, women are prohibited from participating. Afghanistan used to have a women's national team, but immediately after the Taliban took power, this was banned. 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebbe35b03ce25b856886400b9d376bcae8b03b9d61811b1e379c981ec5f0aab4/CH_Buzkashi_43-2.jpg" data-mid="85441336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebbe35b03ce25b856886400b9d376bcae8b03b9d61811b1e379c981ec5f0aab4/CH_Buzkashi_43-2.jpg" /> <img width="2046" height="1364" width_o="2046" height_o="1364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a92e584f2e056e92dac0fc69add865685c6ed385b2d70a9386b970acc010ab8/CH_Buzkashi_44-2.jpg" data-mid="85441474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a92e584f2e056e92dac0fc69add865685c6ed385b2d70a9386b970acc010ab8/CH_Buzkashi_44-2.jpg" /> Buzkashi is Afghanistan's national sport, introduced by Djingiz Khan back in the 13th century. Every Friday, thousands of spectators goes to the fields north of Kabul to witness this grand spectacle in which hundreds of men on horseback fighting for a dead calf or a carcass of a lamb.It's crowded, sweaty and speedy. The players ride in clusters. They push both themselves and their horses to the utmost while they try to conquer the dead carcass. Points are awarded when the sheep are placed in a circle in the middle of the board.In a country that is one of the worlds poorest, buzkashi attracts large sums of money. The best horses cost a fortune and a successful player can make a normal Afghan annual salary for a single game. But to become a good chapandaz requires years of hard training. 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Sierra Leone (1991-2002), the diamond industry was controlled by rebels who forced captured enemies to look for diamonds under slave-like conditions. The diamond were then sold on the black market and the revenue paid for the rebel groups' warfare. The diamonds came to be called ”blood diamonds”. Now there is peace in Sierra Leone and the diamond industry is regulated and monitored by the government. The revenue from the diamonds is now used to build up the country again. Shot for Terra Mater Magazine. https://casperhedberg.com/Edible-birds-nest-Borneo Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:27:08 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Edible-birds-nest-Borneo <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3907b6352f750de8d5ffe5a587723438af3f5831d074718bddf8306fe3733c27/001-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3907b6352f750de8d5ffe5a587723438af3f5831d074718bddf8306fe3733c27/001-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59004067426332bb9c9c968226eff16e1ab4cbc6763db8e899425e20cab49ecb/002-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59004067426332bb9c9c968226eff16e1ab4cbc6763db8e899425e20cab49ecb/002-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a2d17dc488a4dd00b7df01f9adff9a127cf4d3fd211f2459560a5ddc8d0c43e/003-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a2d17dc488a4dd00b7df01f9adff9a127cf4d3fd211f2459560a5ddc8d0c43e/003-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc1505b875363a35c0a3e1d53dfcb81f9a8bb94fb242c434c6acce8c9814642a/004-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc1505b875363a35c0a3e1d53dfcb81f9a8bb94fb242c434c6acce8c9814642a/004-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="4620" height="3079" width_o="4620" height_o="3079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ac244dd8d3d346d990dce146997931039a0bd5c3d807132d18e00775b008d29/005-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028104" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ac244dd8d3d346d990dce146997931039a0bd5c3d807132d18e00775b008d29/005-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5399" height="3600" width_o="5399" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e004df2404186af11d47d6d84aebd025113542d7744e88dd111bd9b30bd861a/006-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e004df2404186af11d47d6d84aebd025113542d7744e88dd111bd9b30bd861a/006-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25a79455840e79743612c2edb713648344ed73351fbdf61dc7ca4a70fcafa36c/007-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25a79455840e79743612c2edb713648344ed73351fbdf61dc7ca4a70fcafa36c/007-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5415" height="3610" width_o="5415" height_o="3610" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c28e2303df842158a218847af1a192931cbe8ddef8848b098428e25005e89320/008-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028107" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c28e2303df842158a218847af1a192931cbe8ddef8848b098428e25005e89320/008-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/007f2196942a9a0818ff2657b08ec96bfd130fde60e7a2983ef5cd96fb5d1211/009-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028109" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/007f2196942a9a0818ff2657b08ec96bfd130fde60e7a2983ef5cd96fb5d1211/009-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a836bc20e141aa845cb7bd045606ecd2e0e0f249333dbaab1f449e14b2069939/010-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028110" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a836bc20e141aa845cb7bd045606ecd2e0e0f249333dbaab1f449e14b2069939/010-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0196b075c758a20c3e09ac2fb6ffdf8d9e09083e9137c9d2fb215e98163cacc/011-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0196b075c758a20c3e09ac2fb6ffdf8d9e09083e9137c9d2fb215e98163cacc/011-svalbon.jpg" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2516fd7847aaeb3170fb5acdfe6344ba3a1d23af4f0d08ee9287e9a67e1a71bd/012-svalbon.jpg" data-mid="86028112" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2516fd7847aaeb3170fb5acdfe6344ba3a1d23af4f0d08ee9287e9a67e1a71bd/012-svalbon.jpg" /> Thousands of swiftlets swarm about in the cathedral-like Gomantong cave on Borneo. The damp air is suffused with chitter and the ammoniacal smell from the mounds of guano littering the floor. The swiftlets, cousins to swallows and house swifts, shoot in and out of small, cup-shaped nests they’ve built along the walls. A flashlight illuminates one of the colonies and a man standing on a ladder suspended from ropes thirty meters up in the air, swings into position. He starts picking the nests, one by one, filling up a large sack. It’s harvesting season of one of the world’s most highly priced food products, known as “Asia’s caviar.” Edible bird’s nests are craved across the Chinese world for their supposed medicinal properties. Consumers dissolve the nests, which are made purely out of swiftlet saliva, and use them in soups and desserts or drink the solution as a tonic. In tandem with the rapid expansion of the Chinese middle class, the industry has mushroomed to an estimated value of $4 billion. However, the increased demand has not led to a windfall for the harvesters risking their lives in caves across Southeast Asia. https://casperhedberg.com/Climate-Change-in-Afghanistan Tue, 20 May 2025 21:26:53 +0000 Casper Hedberg photographer https://casperhedberg.com/Climate-Change-in-Afghanistan <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4daf8f6bd5d577a8060d033b2c44f3ecb59a13fe79781677c2d68700ae4469d7/climate_09-2.jpg" data-mid="233480725" border="0" alt="Schools are closed for the Christmas holidays, but most of the children in Toryab village in Badakhshan skip school and dig for gold from morning to night even during the school terms. Digging for gold has become an increasingly common source of income, when there are hardly any other alternatives to work." data-caption="Schools are closed for the Christmas holidays, but most of the children in Toryab village in Badakhshan skip school and dig for gold from morning to night even during the school terms. Digging for gold has become an increasingly common source of income, when there are hardly any other alternatives to work." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4daf8f6bd5d577a8060d033b2c44f3ecb59a13fe79781677c2d68700ae4469d7/climate_09-2.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38ee622d32c47f8843db80cda78f337cba80004c26c6259392e1ab3ba8f1962e/climate_02-2.jpg" data-mid="233480718" border="0" alt="The flash floods plunge with enormous force and sweep away everything in their path. Houses, trees, stones and large amounts of soil follow the floods. They erode the mountain sides and make the valleys and rock crevices both deeper and wider. Several of the houses in the village of Kushun Dara Bola are now dangerously close to the edge of the eroded mountainside, and every year there are fatalities when people fall down the cliff. In order to stop the erosion and protect the houses in the village, a three meter high protective embankment has been built in the valley." data-caption="The flash floods plunge with enormous force and sweep away everything in their path. Houses, trees, stones and large amounts of soil follow the floods. They erode the mountain sides and make the valleys and rock crevices both deeper and wider. Several of the houses in the village of Kushun Dara Bola are now dangerously close to the edge of the eroded mountainside, and every year there are fatalities when people fall down the cliff. In order to stop the erosion and protect the houses in the village, a three meter high protective embankment has been built in the valley." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38ee622d32c47f8843db80cda78f337cba80004c26c6259392e1ab3ba8f1962e/climate_02-2.jpg" /> <img width="7833" height="5225" width_o="7833" height_o="5225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5c282a362d62381255b6d4fcb55d496879a813e53f8e0c7cc9c8e2d1394782d/climate_01-2.jpg" data-mid="233480717" border="0" alt="Many trees have been cleared for firewood and to make way for arable land. But as temperatures rise, the consequences will be devastating. When the trees disappear, erosion increases and the landscape becomes vulnerable to flash floods. In a park in Faizabad, the provincial capital of Badakhshan, women meet to prepare seed bags with seedlings to be replanted in the wild. And just as important in the Taliban's Afghanistan: work gives the women an opportunity to leave home, it becomes a context to meet and talk." data-caption="Many trees have been cleared for firewood and to make way for arable land. But as temperatures rise, the consequences will be devastating. When the trees disappear, erosion increases and the landscape becomes vulnerable to flash floods. In a park in Faizabad, the provincial capital of Badakhshan, women meet to prepare seed bags with seedlings to be replanted in the wild. And just as important in the Taliban's Afghanistan: work gives the women an opportunity to leave home, it becomes a context to meet and talk." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5c282a362d62381255b6d4fcb55d496879a813e53f8e0c7cc9c8e2d1394782d/climate_01-2.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a8820d266b33779f93fba4003f4e0013e5ec63e3592742b6d045ea9ce6f7d29/climate_08-2.jpg" data-mid="233480724" border="0" alt="Mohammad Hassan's brother died in a car bomb in 2021 during the final stages of the Taliban's war against the previous regime. The brother's five children now live in Mohammed Hassan's house in the village of Mashad Khiel in Paktia. Mohammad Hassan makes a living by selling vegetables, but after the recent drought and flash floods, business is going badly. Finally, he saw no other way out than to marry off his 11-year-old daughter to a 15-year-older man from the neighboring village. In payment for the daughter, he received 500,000 afghani from the new husband. It is enough to feed the family's stomachs for a while to come, but does not alleviate the anxiety he now struggles with. The wedding was held here in our garden, but I was so unhappy that I couldn't be there, says Mohammad Hassan." data-caption="Mohammad Hassan's brother died in a car bomb in 2021 during the final stages of the Taliban's war against the previous regime. The brother's five children now live in Mohammed Hassan's house in the village of Mashad Khiel in Paktia. Mohammad Hassan makes a living by selling vegetables, but after the recent drought and flash floods, business is going badly. Finally, he saw no other way out than to marry off his 11-year-old daughter to a 15-year-older man from the neighboring village. In payment for the daughter, he received 500,000 afghani from the new husband. It is enough to feed the family's stomachs for a while to come, but does not alleviate the anxiety he now struggles with. The wedding was held here in our garden, but I was so unhappy that I couldn't be there, says Mohammad Hassan." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a8820d266b33779f93fba4003f4e0013e5ec63e3592742b6d045ea9ce6f7d29/climate_08-2.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43d2a0438b22d299b992b5ecfbbac794d59380867632f36dcd9ae5cfb368d91a/climate_07-2.jpg" data-mid="233480723" border="0" alt="Farmer Abdul Qudu's farmland is now covered by a deep layer of stones. Eighty (80) percent of his farmland is destroyed due to flash floods in Olar village in Baharad district of Badahkshan." data-caption="Farmer Abdul Qudu's farmland is now covered by a deep layer of stones. Eighty (80) percent of his farmland is destroyed due to flash floods in Olar village in Baharad district of Badahkshan." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43d2a0438b22d299b992b5ecfbbac794d59380867632f36dcd9ae5cfb368d91a/climate_07-2.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff7fb1fdd0f0150941c1c0e92ae088c36f15abf5fd98914ade01d526f9e0a93f/_C9A9966-Edit.jpg" data-mid="233501198" border="0" alt="More than half of Afghanistan's population, of nearly 40 million, live at or below the threshold of starvation according to the World Food Programme, WFP. And according to a new report from Save The Children, the number of children suffering from malnutrition coming to their mobile clinics has increased by 50 percent. The regional hospital in Paktia has its own ward for malnourished children and the number of patients is constantly high." data-caption="More than half of Afghanistan's population, of nearly 40 million, live at or below the threshold of starvation according to the World Food Programme, WFP. And according to a new report from Save The Children, the number of children suffering from malnutrition coming to their mobile clinics has increased by 50 percent. The regional hospital in Paktia has its own ward for malnourished children and the number of patients is constantly high." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff7fb1fdd0f0150941c1c0e92ae088c36f15abf5fd98914ade01d526f9e0a93f/_C9A9966-Edit.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21c26579b898a812a2329fa97e7bf664c6d56a3af3ad177742681814bbb1a19b/climate_06-2.jpg" data-mid="233480722" border="0" alt="More than half of Afghanistan's population, of nearly 40 million, live at or below the threshold of starvation according to the World Food Programme, WFP. And according to a new report from Save The Children, the number of children suffering from malnutrition coming to their mobile clinics has increased by 50 percent. The regional hospital in Paktia has its own ward for malnourished children and the number of patients is constantly high." data-caption="More than half of Afghanistan's population, of nearly 40 million, live at or below the threshold of starvation according to the World Food Programme, WFP. And according to a new report from Save The Children, the number of children suffering from malnutrition coming to their mobile clinics has increased by 50 percent. The regional hospital in Paktia has its own ward for malnourished children and the number of patients is constantly high." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21c26579b898a812a2329fa97e7bf664c6d56a3af3ad177742681814bbb1a19b/climate_06-2.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/856489f262ea48a786708492441862023eb2607d84df8070d3fdf644af2ea8db/climate_05-2.jpg" data-mid="233480721" border="0" alt="Norzia, 8, and her siblings dig daily in the remains of the latest flash flood so that cars can pass on the road below their house. The economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has forced many children to drop out of school to help support their families. Norzia's hope is that motorist will stop and donate a penny as thanks for their hard work." data-caption="Norzia, 8, and her siblings dig daily in the remains of the latest flash flood so that cars can pass on the road below their house. The economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has forced many children to drop out of school to help support their families. Norzia's hope is that motorist will stop and donate a penny as thanks for their hard work." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/856489f262ea48a786708492441862023eb2607d84df8070d3fdf644af2ea8db/climate_05-2.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5777c0568cc31891dba42a20ce8c1a42c65767473bdce745c61e4899aa2d58db/climate_10-2.jpg" data-mid="233480726" border="0" alt="Signs of flash floods are visible everywhere in Badakshahn province. Massive droughts and brutal floods not only destroy the arable land that is supposed to supply the country with grain. Houses and villages are also destroyed when strong flash floods advance." data-caption="Signs of flash floods are visible everywhere in Badakshahn province. Massive droughts and brutal floods not only destroy the arable land that is supposed to supply the country with grain. Houses and villages are also destroyed when strong flash floods advance." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5777c0568cc31891dba42a20ce8c1a42c65767473bdce745c61e4899aa2d58db/climate_10-2.jpg" /> <img width="8256" height="6192" width_o="8256" height_o="6192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45c4ada5fab3b0d68155b73d81efb7747e32057302471528cc4356de50a94fbe/climate_04-2.jpg" data-mid="233480720" border="0" alt="Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change due to its geography, sensitivity to changing weather patterns, and an infrastructure unable to cope with global warming. Every flash flood is followed by a desperate clean-up job. The road from Faizabad towards Wakhan is lined with large piles of rubble after the latest avalanche." data-caption="Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change due to its geography, sensitivity to changing weather patterns, and an infrastructure unable to cope with global warming. Every flash flood is followed by a desperate clean-up job. The road from Faizabad towards Wakhan is lined with large piles of rubble after the latest avalanche." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45c4ada5fab3b0d68155b73d81efb7747e32057302471528cc4356de50a94fbe/climate_04-2.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd3c8b777f11bc8b4d42912aa1f44cc6e784c302b7c4095b2857135b50ac18f0/Klimat_05.jpg" data-mid="233501200" border="0" alt="Village representatives hold a meeting. There are no glimmers of light on the agenda and the conversations revolve a lot around this year's missed harvests. The province of Paktia is located in the south-east of Afghanistan and has &ndash; just like many other provinces in the country &ndash; been hit hard by both drought and flash floods." data-caption="Village representatives hold a meeting. There are no glimmers of light on the agenda and the conversations revolve a lot around this year's missed harvests. The province of Paktia is located in the south-east of Afghanistan and has – just like many other provinces in the country – been hit hard by both drought and flash floods." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd3c8b777f11bc8b4d42912aa1f44cc6e784c302b7c4095b2857135b50ac18f0/Klimat_05.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21ebd3423fec0de51560bdddedb76a25ba0c1ae7409699271d78016b056b86c2/climate_03-2.jpg" data-mid="233480719" border="0" alt="The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has worsened since the Taliban took power in August 2021. Close to half of the country's population of just under 40 million today live at or below the verge of starvation. It places Afghanistan at the top of the lists of the world's most vulnerable countries. At the regional hospital in Paktia food packages are distributed every day to families whose children were previously treated for malnutrition." data-caption="The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has worsened since the Taliban took power in August 2021. Close to half of the country's population of just under 40 million today live at or below the verge of starvation. It places Afghanistan at the top of the lists of the world's most vulnerable countries. At the regional hospital in Paktia food packages are distributed every day to families whose children were previously treated for malnutrition." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21ebd3423fec0de51560bdddedb76a25ba0c1ae7409699271d78016b056b86c2/climate_03-2.jpg" /> <img width="6192" height="8256" width_o="6192" height_o="8256" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7298af707e08ff4bd78df2578bc234a3f7a399ee25e4eb90733bc645d875f74/_DSF3392-Edit.jpg" data-mid="233501199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7298af707e08ff4bd78df2578bc234a3f7a399ee25e4eb90733bc645d875f74/_DSF3392-Edit.jpg" /> Climate change in Afghanistan Afghanistan is one of the countries that emits the least carbon dioxide, but at the same time one of the countries where the consequences of climate change are most visible. And this affects an already poor and war-torn country. In Afghanistan, the temperature has measured an increase of 1.8°C in Afghanistan between 1950 and 2010. That is twice as high as the global average.