19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Mobile
Lord of the mountain

The photo was taken shortly before the Taliban took over Afghanistan, in a village in the mountains between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. The pictured goat watched the takeoff of a military helicopter flying to Afghanistan.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: Termez, Uzbekistan
Copyright: © Dildora Abdullayeva