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The Kabul Zoo has become one of the most popular attractions anywhere in Afghanistan. Despite being no larger than a suburban U.S. high school campus, the zoo has become one of the most popular leisure attractions in all of Afghanistan - so popular in fact that ticket sales generate more money than it costs to operate the attraction.
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A statue of Marjan, the famous one-eyed lion at the main entrance to the Kabul Zoo. He was wounded by a grenade in 1995 and died, apparently of old age, in 2002, but remains a symbol of the zoo. (Jay Price/MCT)
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A lion, blinded and disfigured by a hand grenade thrown by an angry Taliban officer after the lion killed a soldier,, sits in the sun at the zoo in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2001.
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Pigs are such a novelty in Afghanistan that they're worthy of showing off at the Kabul Zoo. In fact, this unnamed boar donated by China is believed to be the only domesticated pig in the country.
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The Kabul Zoo is so popular that are visitors even when it when its snowing and the sidewalks are ankle deep in slush. These men are admiring the Asiatic black bears. (Jay Price/MCT)
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Girls watch a pacing jackal at the Kabul Zoo, February 9, 2013. Despite being no larger than a suburban U.S. high school campus, the zoo has become one of the most popular leisure attractions in all of Afghanistan Ð so popular in fact that ticket sales generate more money than it costs to operate the attraction. (Matthew Rains/MCT)
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A bear naps in the sun at the Kabul Zoo February 9, 2013. Despite being no larger than a suburban U.S. high school campus, the zoo has become one of the most popular leisure attractions in all of Afghanistan - so popular in fact that ticket sales generate more money than it costs to operate the attraction. (Matthew Rains/MCT)
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