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Iranian Influence in Herat

An Afghan boy rides a bicycle in front of a portrait of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shi’a Imam, and the fourth Sunni Caliph, an Iranian influence, downtown Herat, Afghanistan on Friday, April 6, 2007. Herat, an ancient city with many historic buildings such as a citadel from the period of Alexander the Great, is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of 349,000. Herat is only 122 km from the Iranian border, thus shows a great deal of Iranian influence in culture and industry. There are Shi'te Imam's pictures on street corners, women wear black chador, and Iranian ready-made foods are piled up in food stands. However, what Herat makes different from other cities is that it is provided with 24-hour electricity from Iran and Turkmenistan, the deal made by a former Herat governor and a warlord, Ismail Khan. Because of the power supply, Herat's factories manufature goods from plastic pipes to ice cream.

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Life after the Taliban's Fall 2006~2007
An Afghan boy rides a bicycle in front of a portrait of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Shi’a Imam, and the fourth Sunni Caliph, an Iranian influence, downtown Herat, Afghanistan on Friday, April 6, 2007. Herat, an ancient city with many historic buildings such as a citadel from the period of Alexander the Great, is the third largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of 349,000. Herat is only 122 km from the Iranian border, thus shows a great deal of Iranian influence in culture and industry. There are Shi'te Imam's pictures on street corners, women wear black chador, and Iranian ready-made foods are piled up in food stands. However, what Herat makes different from other cities is that it is provided with 24-hour electricity from Iran and Turkmenistan, the deal made by a former Herat governor and a warlord, Ismail Khan. Because of the power supply, Herat's factories manufature goods from plastic pipes to ice cream.