Babur's Garden

The Mughal ruler Babur created one of Kabul's few remaining patches of green sometime around the 16th century.  The gardens consist of rising terraces with a little canal for water running through the middle (now empty).  

The gardens were destroyed during the war, but have been restored due to the graces of NGOs.

At the heart of the garden is a small mosque built by the same man who commissioned the Taj Mahal.  Babur's himself wanted to be buried in a tomb open to the sky, which it is...

Around the garden are a few groves of trees.  Visitors seek out these scarce commodities and spread their carpets out for picnics.

 We were invited by this nice Uzbek family to join them for water mellon and baby-holding.