Те, що зараз сприймається, мов данність, нею не є. Коли країна регресує, обмежень не існує. Від цивілізації до дикості, один крок. How fragile we are.
Збірку натягав із різних джерел, перекладом підписів і перевірками не заморочувався.

1950s Afghanistan - Public transport in Kabul

Afghan Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 fighters and Ilyushin Il-28 bombers in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the visit of the U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, in December of 1959

The entrance to the Karkar coal mine around 12 kilometers northeast of Pulikhumri, the provincial town of the Northern province of Baghlan. The Karkar coal deposit at one time met the needs of Kabul city.

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (black hat), and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin review an Afghan honor guard wearing old German uniforms, on their arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 15, 1955. At left is the Afghan Prime Minister Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan, and behind, in cap, the foreign minister, Prince Naim.

Modern new Finance Ministry building in Kabul, on June 9, 1966, with a public, western-style cafeteria and sidewalk restaurant, facing a water fountain which is illuminated in color at night.

A panoramic view showing the old and new buildings in Kabul, in August of 1969. The Kabul River flows through the city, center right. In the background on the hilltop is the mausoleum of late King Mohammad Nadir Shah.

A view of one of the new mosques erected in the suburb of Kabul, in November of 1961.

Picture taken in 1962 at the Faculty of Medicine in Kabul of two Afghan medicine students listening to their professor (at right) as they examine a plaster cast showing a part of a human body

Young Photographer At Paghman Gardens

Students At The Higher Teachers College Of Kabul

Kindergarten Dance

The Dance

Co-education

Co-education

Afghan High School Girls

Bus Trip


Big Sister

Rush Hour

Hanging Out At The American International School Of Kabul (aisk)

Aisk Parking Lot

Shopping For Scarves

Blonde & Afghans

Bus driver

Friendly Crowd

Afternoon Prayers

Gas Station

Annual Exhibition Of Student Art Work

All Dressed Up

Skinny Tie

Hotel Inter-continental

Indoor Class

Military Band

Main Street

Masked Parade

Cookin' Kababs

Apartments & Stores

School's Out

Marching

Guard Duty

The Demonstration


Style on Kabul’s streets

Equal rights for all – not always

Students among themselves



Afghan performers

A record store in Kabul, 1960s



Kandahar Airport built in the 1960s


Road tripping in Afghanistan

Kabul University Students at graduation 1960s


“Biology class, Kabul University.”– In the 1950s and ’60s, women were able to pursue professional careers in fields such as medicine. Today, schools that educate women are a target for violence, even more so than five or six years ago.

Textile store window display
