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Nearly Two Centuries On, Quiet Settles On Afghanistan's British Cemetery

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Gravekeeper Aynullah Rahimi unlocks a door at the British Cemetery in the Sherpur neighbourhood of Kabul, home to generations of foreign fighters, explorers and devotees of Afghanistan AFP Aynullah Rahimi's family has for decades tended the old cemetery in Kabul reserved for non-Afghans, but since the country's latest war ended and foreigners left in droves, he says few now enter the oasis of quiet in the capital. Dating back to the Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th century, the small plot of land in the city centre has interred and memorialised foreign fighters, explorers and devotees of Afghanistan who have died in the country over some 180 years. In the two decades of war between Western forces and the Taliban that ended in 2021 with the latter's victory, there were a handful of burials and memorials attended by ambassadors and dignitaries at the British Cemetery.

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