AFGHANISTAN BEFORE TALIBAN

Afghanistan in the 1950's and 1960's

Khyber restaurant Kabul Afghanistan 1960's

Radio Kabul

Intercontinental Kabul, built in 1969

Intercontinental Kabul, Built in 1969

Afghan School girls

UNESCO expert from the USSR instructing a class in spectral analysis at the 

Faculty of Science, Kabul, 1964.

Kabul University 1970's

Modern Kabul in the 1970's with an up to date electric bus system

King Zahir and other officials in Kabul airport to welcome President Dwight 

Eisenhower during a good-will tour to Afghanistan in Dec.1959

Ariana Airlines founded in 1955

Afghanistan Venture, a book written about Afghanistan in the 1950's

Afghanistan a modern "Star of Asia"

Afghan Clothing, Très chic et Très à la mode

Afghan Model in an Afghan Magazine, Early 1970's. Kabul was once called the

 Paris of central Asia

Afghan Model, near the Hindu Kush mountains, Afghanistan

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

The Paris of Central Asia, in the 1960's,70's

Modern Kabul late 60's

Ariana Afghan Airlines flight attendants

Afghan Girl scout leaders

Afghan women of the past, it is only a matter of time, till they take their rightful 

place next to men, equals in the eyes of God as well as society

Afghanistan, the Switzerland of Asia

Kabul 1960's

Kabul Airport 1960's

"Sarobi hydro-power plant on Kabul River is one of the country's foremost power 

stations."

With German assistance, Afghanistan built its first large hydropower station, 

pictured here, in the early 1950s. At the time, it was state of the art.

"Gulbahar Textile Plant is one of the most modern in Asia."

"Furniture display room."

Phonograph record store."

""Skilled workers like these press operators are building new standards for 

themselves and their country."

"A laboratory at the Vaccine Research Center."