Zensolo, the vast majority of the damage done to Afghanistan was during the Afghan Civil-War with two million killed, two million injured, six million displaced and 12,000 of 24,000 villages rubbled. Kabul was destroyed by Hekmatyr Gulbuddin during his fi
Bruce Chatwin wrote a "Lament for Afghanistan" as an intro to the Penguin edition of Rob't Byron's "Road to Oxiana", collected in "What Am I Doing Here?" The destruction the Soviets began, America has helped totalize.
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LunaticSX 774 days ago
Notice the two women in the foreground are white westerners, in western clothes. Not locals. http://twitpic.com/vtaa2
kaywynn 775 days ago
what was life like for the locals? no offense, but this looks like a photo of tourists.
Sushubh 775 days ago
how things have changed!
misscrowland 775 days ago
women freely walking around, smiling, in sundresses! it really is amazing how much has changed.
hoyawolf 775 days ago
Zensolo, the vast majority of the damage done to Afghanistan was during the Afghan Civil-War with two million killed, two million injured, six million displaced and 12,000 of 24,000 villages rubbled. Kabul was destroyed by Hekmatyr Gulbuddin during his fi
zensolo 775 days ago
Bruce Chatwin wrote a "Lament for Afghanistan" as an intro to the Penguin edition of Rob't Byron's "Road to Oxiana", collected in "What Am I Doing Here?" The destruction the Soviets began, America has helped totalize.
JihadPunkXXX 775 days ago
i've heard stories how Kabul was a bustling city in the 50s where alcohol and music were freely available...