Flying into the new year

Source:AFP Published: 2013-3-19 0:33:01

 

Afghan men and women feed pigeons in front of the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of Nowruz, the Persian New Year celebrations in Mazar-i Sharif on Sunday. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on the Persian calendar. Photo: AFP
Afghan men and women feed pigeons in front of the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of Nowruz, the Persian New Year celebrations in Mazar-i Sharif on Sunday. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on the Persian calendar. Photo: AFP





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