Afghanistan As It Once Was: The Photographs Of William Podlich

[TomSea]

Afghanistan
Afghanistan As It Once Was: The Photographs Of William Podlich
May 12, 2018 09:30 GMT

The Kabul in William Podlich's photographs is an almost unrecognizable place -- a bustling capital of modern cars, green parks, and nattily attired men and women, many wearing Western dress.

A place where women -- Afghans and foreigners -- could freely walk the streets.

A peaceful place where tourists, unconcerned for their safety, could take buses to the major historic sites in the country or across the border to Pakistan.

Read more and see images at: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-as-it-once-was-the-photographs-of-william-podlich/29222700.html

Since these kinds of photos are brought out fairly frequently, the read can go and see them at the link, if they are able.  Even when people show "how things were",  Muslims certainly were there still, in the backwater country and everywhere.

[mountaineer]

Like Iran, a once modern culture that Islamic extremism has booted back almost to the stone age.

[GrouchoTex]

Interesting photos, thanks @TomSea