The Salang tunnel in Afghanistan was built in 1964 by the friendly-at-the-time Soviet neighbours and was the highest road tunnel in the world until 1973. Towering 3360m above sea level, it’s a goliath concrete structure 2.6 kilo-metres long and filled with dirt, black ice and bottomless potholes. Travis Beard went in search of Afghanistan
What a way to spend your last day in a warzone.
I was fortunate enough to live in Kabul, Afghanistan, for seven years, first as a photojournalist, then teacher, band manager, festival organiser and finally as a filmmaker.