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Afghanistan’s Grand Canyon

Band-e Amir is Afghanistan’s first and only national park. It consists of six lakes whose waters are bluer than the sky. It is located almost 10,000 ft above sea level in a mountainous desert, 75 km northwest of the ancient city of Bamiyan, once famous for its two monumental Buddha statues, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Getting to Band-e Amir requires a sense of adventure and determination.

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Park Rangers Hire Sharpshooters to Cull Elk Herds

Park officials at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park have announced plans to use hired guns to help cull the park’s elk herd. The park’s elk herd is a major tourist attraction, but has become an ecological problem. The elks are not originally

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