Afghanistan : Images from the past

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Images from the past : Afghanistan

American nurse Nancy Lamson teaches Afghan nurses English at the Kabul University, 1977 (c). Naghlu Hydro-electric Power Station Constructed By The Soviet Union For Afghanistan, 1974 (c). © A. Goryachev Young students wearing mini-skirts walking down the street in Kabul, despite...

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American nurse Nancy Lamson teaches Afghan nurses English at the Kabul University, 1977 (c).

Naghlu Hydro-electric Power Station Constructed By The Soviet Union For Afghanistan, 1974 (c).

© A. Goryachev

Young students wearing mini-skirts walking down the street in Kabul, despite violent opposition to women showing their bare legs, Afghanistan, 1972 (c).

Aerial view of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul in 1979.

Kabul Gorge, Afghanistan, 1972 (c).

Dog Fight Outside Kabul, Afghanistan, 1972 (c).

A Baker Of Breads, Afghanistan, 1976 (c).

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Young Merchant In Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978 (c).

 

[RescueRanger]

Having worked in Afghanistan, let me tell you some parts of Afghanistan have amazing natural beauty, it is a shame that this nation has forever been gripped by the talons of war and strife.

 

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Kabul Airport, November 1979.

Outside of the Presidential Palace in Kabul the day after the Saur Revolution, 28th April 1978.

The Saur Revolution, also romanized Sowr Revolution, and alternatively called the April Revolution or April Coup, was a coup d'état led by the Soviet-backed People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan against the rule of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan on 27–28 April 1978.

Soldier Watching People In Horse-drawn Wagon Pass On Road In Kabul, Afghanistan, 1938 (c).

© Frederick G. Clapp / UWM Libraries

Men riding elephants carrying loads of wheat in Kabul province, Afghanistan, 1936 (c).

 

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Young men and women stroll in Kabul park, one year before the civil war and at the beginning of the Soviet troop withdrawal, Afghanistan, Late 1980's.
© Sygma

Pioneer Festival In Kabul, Afghanistan, 1985 (c).

A guerrilla soldier aims a stinger missle at passing aircraft near a remote rebel base in the Safed Koh Mountains February 10, 1988 in Afghanistan.

The end of Soviet military occupation, which began in 1979, has left the Afghan Army more vulnerable to these guerrilla forces, who are fighting the Russian-installed Afghan government.

© Robert Nickelsberg

Sergeant Andrew Goryachev, 173rd Special Forces squad, Soviet GRU special forces, Kandahar, Afghanistan, 1987 (c).

A Soviet pilot rocking a Krinkov in the cockpit of a Mil Mi-24 gunship, Soviet Afghan War, 1980's (c).

 

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Group of Jews from Afghanistan, posing for a family photograph, 1961 (c).

Highway Patrol": An Afghan police officer in front of his company vehicle. German police trainers have been coming to Afghanistan since the late 1950's.

In the 1960's, no country spent more money on development aid in Afghanistan than Germany. In the mid-seventies, the GDR took over the training of the police.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (left) with his mother (second to the left). Photographed in late 1960's.

A shopfront display of fruits and nuts in Kabul, in November of 1961.

Men stroll past roadside vendors as a painted truck makes its way through the busy street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November, 1961.

University Students In Kabul, 1960's (c).

 

[RescueRanger]

The remains of the Afghan Independence Monument. This monument once towered over Kabul and originally was flanked by four statues of warriors.

 

[13 Assassins]

Met many Afghans over the years. Uzbeks, Tajiks, Hazaras and even some Sikhs.
Very proud of their heritage and language Diri/Farsi.

 

[KingQamaR]

Back when Afghanistan was free from invasion both from West, USSR and civil war.

 

[Beijingwalker]

Hard to imagine that this country is actually bordering China.

 

[vsdoc]

Afghanistan is part of ancient Khorasan. Birth place of my people. And site of our last stand, before we moved south, with our fires on horseback, towards the port city of Hormuz.

It is also most likely the birth place of Zarathushtra and where his tomb lies (under the Mazar e Sharif blue mausoleum).

I pray for Afghanistan as I pray for Iran.

One day.

Ushta te.

Cheers, Doc

 

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Bamiyan Buddha, Afghanistan, 1972 (c).
© Kenneth Porter

Kirghiz head-men of Afghan Pamirs, 1912 (c).
Source - Ruins Of Desert Cathay, Vol (I).
Author - Sir Marc Aurel Stein, KCIE, FRAS, FBA.
Publisher - Macmaillan & Co, Ltd, London, 1912.

Group Of Attan Dancers From Zadran & Mangal Tribe Performing The Attan, The National Dance Of The Pashtuns, On The Occasion Of The Independence Day Celebrations, Baghlan, Afghanistan, 1944 (c).

The Zadran and Mangal have baggy white trousers that narrow downwards and are quite tight above the ankles and close with a mostly embroidered ribbon, a pleated shirt with very wide sleeves, an embroidered waistcoat and a light-colored turban, sometimes a black one. The waistcoats are different, partly made of wool with colorful, severe, ornamental embroidery.

That seems to have been the traditional costume. The gold-embroidered velvet creatures that are offered everywhere in the bazaars are more widespread today. If they are a little worn, they look particularly beautiful.

The embroideries on the shirts, colorful rosettes on the puffy sleeves, frames along the chest piece, and ornaments on the side shirt slits are interesting.
© Stiftung Bibliotheca Afghanica

 

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Women Democratic Organization, Afghanistan, 1980

 

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