Great watercolor paintings of scenes from war-torn Afghanistan by British illustrator Matthew Cook. Kudos to Nikolay Kotev for posting them, and there are more at his website. (Right click on the images & open them in new tabs to see larger versions.)

Kotev is an interesting guy. I’ve not spoken with him directly, but he’s visited my own blog a few times, and I’ve visited his as well. It’s in Russian, so if you’re curious, read it via Google Translate.

No need to read too much into this post or run it through Google Translate, porque hablamos el lenguaje de The Overnight Open Thread.