Science Daily reports that camera traps in Afghanistan’s central highlands have caught pictures of the Persian Leopard. Conservationists believed that the Persian Leopard had disappeared from this region as it had not been seen for some time.
Wikipedia reports that:
“The Persian leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica), also called Caucasian leopard, is the largest leopard subspecies, and is native to eastern Turkey, the Caucasus mountains, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, and parts of western Afghanistan. It is endangered throughout its range with fewer than 871–1,290 mature individuals and a declining population trend.”
Read more at:
Science Daily Return of the Persian leopard In Afghanistan’s central highlands.
Wikipedia Persian Leopard
You might also be interested to know that this past July Science Daily had the following article on the discovery of a Snow Leopard population in Afghanistan: Snow Leopard Population Discovered in Afghanistan (Thanks to Rusty Scalf for telling me about this one)
Natural History Wanderings 
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