One of our recent site visits was to Sultan Dam, way up in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains. Originally built by the Soviets during their occupation of Afghanistan during the 1980's, the dam partially failed in 2005, flooding the provincial capitol of Ghazni Province, Ghazni City. My assignment was to assess the repairs to the dam which were nearly complete. Unfortunately, the repairs are terrible, and as the new section currently stands, is sure to fail when the reservoir fills in the Spring. Behind the dam is an ancient one, built nearly 1000 years ago. The area around the dam is mountainous, but breath-taking. It's sad that this country has been in a near-continuous state of war throughout it's existence, as the natural beauty of Afghanistan is monumental.
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