Nowruz in Afghanistan
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![An Afghan man walks at the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of [Nowruz], the Persian New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 20, 2013. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1392. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c45e_big.jpg "An Afghan man walks at the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of [Nowruz], the Persian New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 20, 2013. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1392. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)")
An Afghan man walks at the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of [Nowruz], the Persian New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 20, 2013. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1392. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)
Afghan girls carry hay to their homes for their animals outside the village of Budyali, Nengarhar Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)
Afghan men climb trees for a better view while other revellers gather for Nowruz festivities at the Hazrat-e Ali shrine in Mazar-i-Sharif, the centre of the Afghan new year celebrations, on March 21, 2013. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)
An Afghan Army soldier secures the hill overlooking the Kart-e Sakhi mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Thousands of Afghans will celebrate Nowruz on Thursday, March 21, 2013 to mark the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on the Iranian calendar. (Photo by Ahmad Jamshid/AP Photo)
An Afghan man trying to sell balloons attracts Afghan children after school hours in the center of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (Photo by Allauddin Khan/AP Photo)
Afghan boys study at a makeshift school in the village of Budyali, Nengarhar Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Providing education to Afghan boys and girls was a priority after the collapse of the Taliban, who refused to educate girls. (Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo)
Traffic fills a street, before the celebration of the Persian New Year Nowruz in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year on the Iranian calendar. (Photo by Ali Hamed Haghdoust/AP Photo)
An Afghan family has lunch on the roof of a bird market in Kabul March 20, 2013. (Photo by Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)
Afghan shop keepers huddle under their mobile cart on a blustery day in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Photo by Ahmad Jamshid/AP Photo)
![Afghan policemen stand guard at the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of [Nowruz], the Persian New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 20, 2013. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/fact/2013/0000c465_big.jpg "Afghan policemen stand guard at the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of [Nowruz], the Persian New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 20, 2013. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)")
Afghan policemen stand guard at the shrine of Hazrat-i Ali ahead of [Nowruz], the Persian New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 20, 2013. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)
Afghan revellers are pictured at the Hazrat-e Ali shrine during Nowruz festivities in Mazar-i Sharif, the centre of the Afghan new year celebrations, on March 21, 2013. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)
Afghan women sit along a street as they wait for transportation in Kabul March 19, 2013. (Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters)
Afghan revellers gather for Nowruz festivities in Mazar-i Sharif, the centre of the Afghan new year celebrations, on March 21, 2013. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)
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