Bold new landmark puts world at centre of Afghan capital

The sphere, with a diameter of around eight metres (25 feet), sits atop a mechanism that will rotate five times a minute -- somewhat faster than the notorious Kabul traffic that will circumnavigate it.

In this photograph taken on December 6, 2022, a painter gives final touches to a large hand-painted globe of planet Earth installed by municipal authorities at the Dahan-e Bagh square in Kabul. / AFP