Afghanistan, late 60s
 

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http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/artic...dene-Aera.html

Reminds me of those pictures of Iran pre-revolution. Such a shame that things went so far backwards.

Hasn't this been posted before :hmm2:

That's Kabul the one and only modern city in the entire country therefore most progressive. There are hamlets in Afghanistan not much changed since dust was rocks.

A different time. I can tell due to the fact that there are a lot of happy Afghanis. They mustn't have much to smile about these days.

The pics were shot in 1967 and 1968. That decade many Afghanis say was a golden era, there was relative wealth, rich harvests, and for standards of the Islamic world a surprisingly liberal atmosphere. Women and girls had access to basic and higher schools, and they not only did not need to wear veil and burkha - laws were such that wearing veil and burkha even were punishable offences, they were forbidden.

And then came the Soviet Union. :dead:

Then came weapons, monetary support and advisors to help the good or more moderate terrorist. Wait, they werent terrorsists then, they was freedom fighters! :haha:

True that :yep::)

And that dirty old track...was the telegraph road...