On the right is the main road connecting Herat to the northern part of the country. The main road through Kandahar to the rest of the country was paved. These pictures were taken in the spring which explains the green country side. In the summer andall this would be brown. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection captures the photographers experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, primarily in the city of Herat, 1965-1968.