Blue is the hope.

Sapphire blue water, snow peaks on the horizon: the spectacular chain of lakes Band-e Amir is the first official National Park of Afghanistan. It is a pilgrimage destination and place of tranquility - only sometimes exploding grenades disrupt the silence.

 

Like from another planet are the six mineral lakes of Band-e Amir, with its intense colors, are on the horizon behind the snowy peaks of the Hindu Kush from. The region west of Kabul was now the first national park declared Afghanistan.

The Afghan government environmental organization Nepa hopes this region can be better protected and future
attract more tourists, as the BBC reported. Also simplified the recognition of a future as a world natural heritage by UNESCO.

Mirror smooth as glass, the water is often so that the surrounding mountains on the surface blogsn. But occasional explosions from hand grenades to destroy the silence, because fishermen are still here with explosions kill their prey. Nature is, according to the U.S. conservation organization Wildlife Conservation Society's already heavily damaged. The park is the habitat of wolves, foxes and wild goats and sheep.

In the kriegsgeplagten country, the new national symbol for a better future. In the fifties and seventies, the region is a popular tourist destination for foreigners, but with the invasion of Soviet troops from 1979 decreased the number of visitors significantly.