HSD1 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) Came across these pictures of Afghanistan from before their troubles. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2013/01/28/podlich-afghanistan-1960s-photos/5846/ Couldnt find any pictures of Sikhs or Gurudwaras amongst them (but there are some pics of jalibeyah) but definitely interesting to see what Punjab's neighbour used to be like. Here are some more: http://www.pbase.com/qleap/afghan Edited February 7, 2013 by HSD1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 I know HSD posted these pics a while ago but I only just got to see them last night. It was really illuminating to see a place that a lot of us probably automatically associate with backwardness, violence and poverty, so unlike that. It really is a striking warning of the dangers of foreign interference in a country and how this can set long term declines. Poor Afghans....they've been dragged into the dark ages. It also makes me think about how our own lot have been dragged into backward pendu yokelness through the colonial experience. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatanga1 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 number 18 shows a woman wearing what looks like a sari. only people who dont know anything about Afghanistan would assume that it was always backwards. before the 1980 war, Kabul was known as being the most cosmopolitan city in that area of the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSD1 Posted May 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 I think that woman is an Indian teacher at the american school. As well as the dangers of foreign influence and intervention there is the other side of the coin too - homegrown fundamentalism. Stuck between those two forces, it's no wonder Afghanistan is a mess. If we ever had our own country there would be no guarantee we could ever keep foreigners and fundamentalists in check. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh559 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Makes me really feel for them. Sucks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GtLoc Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) I think that woman is an Indian teacher at the american school. As well as the dangers of foreign influence and intervention there is the other side of the coin too - homegrown fundamentalism. Stuck between those two forces, it's no wonder Afghanistan is a mess. If we ever had our own country there would be no guarantee we could ever keep foreigners and fundamentalists in check. Worth tryign though, don't you think? And I wonder even in those times how they would feel about half of their country being in Pakistan. Read the comments though, reading them right now interesting though. Edited July 21, 2013 by GtLoc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premi Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Looks like it was a nice place to live. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSD1 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Worth tryign though, don't you think? And I wonder even in those times how they would feel about half of their country being in Pakistan. Read the comments though, reading them right now interesting though. Of course it's worth trying. But we need to see and avoid the pitfalls that we usually walk into so blithely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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