Fascinating Photos Of Afghanistan In The 1960s And 1970s

[catbyte]

It's so tragic to see how far Afghanistan has fallen thanks to religious fundamentalism. I'm not dogging Islam, any fundamentalist religion is toxic as hell.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. America's taliban want to do the same thing here.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, every right wing authoritarian organization should be in love with Afghanistan

[littlemissmartypants]

2. ❤ nt

[Zorro]

3. I was in Afghanistan in 1978

I was surprised at the number of women I saw there who were wearing burqas (the full face covering, with just a mesh over the eyes to see through). That was in contrast to what I saw in Iran, although a lot of women there were wearing hijabs (and chadors as one went further east).

[Karadeniz]

4. I wonder when the Saudis started exporting their Islam version. However, Kabul was probably

never Afghanistan.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. saving for later.

[Azathoth]

6. Those pictures are primarily of the urban elite

The pattern is the same in most countries. You have an urban, educated, cosmopolitan elite, and then you have the rural Trump base that is steeped in ignorance, religious fanaticism, and the most regressive aspects of the country's culture.

[mountain grammy]

8. I saw one picture that showed a woman in a burqa

she was off to the side, nearly invisible, but isn't that the point?

[nocoincidences]

9. I just don't buy how ''liberated" these women look.

Look at the long sleeves with the above the knee but hardly mini-skirts. I don't believe for a second this was typical.

This is propaganda trying to convince the rest of the world that Afghan was right in step with the trend. They weren't.

[LeftInTX]

11. If someone would have asked me where Afghanistan was on a map, I probably wouldn't know

It was one of those places that you heard about but didn't know anything about........
I really didn't know anything about it except: There was a breed of dog called an Afghan hound and there was a crocheted throw called an Afghan...I think it's always been bit backwater...

I could tell you alot about Iran, but I would not even know where Afghanistan was on a map....

[obamanut2012]

14. Many of these pix were at private events on private property

Not all, but most. It was propo, like you said.

[Raine]

10. So sad to think what would happen

to a woman dressed like any of these women if they did it today.

[wackadoo wabbit]

12. This is so depressing, that things went so wrong so fast

Thanks for posting this.

[Nictuku]

13. It happened back in the 90's - Saudi Wahhabism

Mullah Omar (former Mujaheddin - supported by US to fight against Russia in Afghanistan) imported Saudi Wahhabism into Afghanistan.

He is dead now, but one of his Generals, Abdul Ghani Baradar (who was in prison in Pakistan until Trump made the deal that freed him) is the likely new head of the Taliban. This is extremely depressing. He is the guy who invented the coliseum murders of women who did not conform.

It seems hopeless.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9898321/Freed-jail-help-Donald-Trump-Abdul-Ghani-Baradar-head-Afghanistan.html


And then I saw this article today, which does give me a little hope. If the new Taliban rejects wahhabism, then perhaps there is some hope for the good people of Afghanistan.

https://www.naija247news.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-taliban-must-reject-the-saudi-sponsored-evil-ideology-of-wahhabism/

And if 15 of the 17 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudi, and Bin Laudin was Saudi, why the hell are we such good friends with the Saudis?

I never could understand this.

It is all corruption. The love of money and power. I'm so sick of it!