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Zooming in

A narrated Google Earth tour of Afghanistan

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | 2:47 PM ET

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Google Earth plug-in is required to view the following narrated tour. If you don't have it installed, you will see a download link below.

Click the play button on the control bar on the lower left of the screen to begin the audio tour.

You can pause the tour at any time to double-click on the yellow locator icons for more information or use the navigation tool bar on the top right corner to zoom in or out, pan and move around the map.

To return to the narrated tour, hit the play button again.

Tour runs 6:06

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