Students at Afghanistan’s second-largest university in the capital city of Kabul, 1975
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Couldn’t imagine going from a carefree teen in the 70’s to whatever the hell they had to deal with when The taliban came into power
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There are people in the USA who would love a right wing Christian theocratic government. The effect on society would be exactly the same.
Old School fuckin sad
And then the religious conservatives were sick of all this freedom being “shoved down their throats”, and well……
shows what extremist causes.
That girls mustache is glorious
before the nutty muslims took them back 100 years
Don’t thank the Taliban for ruining this, thank Operation Cyclone
Pre sharia law. This is how bad that shit is. This is the same mentality of Hamas and the rest of the ultra Muslim maniacs. It blows my mind how the middle east used to be before sharia law.
People should share pictures like this more often so this new generation can see and understand how fast things can go bad. Ideology is a scary thing.
What’s the population of Kabul in those time? Is this common or just the educated elites?
Just wanted to point out: this is Kabul, the rest of Afghanistan was like it has always been for centuries, repressive and highly religious.
This is like showing a picture of a diverse group of people in Montgomery Alabama.
This proves that a young woman can dress and style her hair fashionably, attractively, AND modestly.
Men who claim God has a problem with this are animals. Every religion has some.
Flaunting mustache
CIA: This cannot be tolerated.
Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the USSR in support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The mujahideen were also supported by Britain’s MI6, who conducted their own separate covert actions. The program leaned heavily towards supporting militant Islamic groups, including groups with jihadist ties, that were favored by the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in neighboring Pakistan, rather than other, less ideological Afghan resistance groups that had also been fighting the Soviet-oriented Democratic Republic of Afghanistan administration since before the Soviet intervention.
Whoopsie
Similar to Iran.
Women will always be the first victims of religion.
I feel sorry for their daughters.
What kills me most is knowing that people are still alive that remember this time and men that remember this time will gladly assault a random woman for not covering up. That’s just evil.
Man…why did they change?
Government is a scary thing. One wrong party and a country can go full retard.
Chemistry teacher of us was teaching in Iran in the early 70s. He and his wife would do trips to Afghanistan, Pakistan in the holidays (with a classic VW bus).
He had great pictures and 8mm films. The landscape was absolutely breathtaking. Indescribable rugged and beautiful at the same time.
They left in 74 or so, thinking they would return for a holiday now and then.
Back before the Taliban fucked shit up
Weird how the Middle East looked like a fun place before 1978
I’m sure all that religion has made them so much happier! If we lose separation of church and state we’ll be next.
Wonder if we’ll ever see this kind of time again there
Only in the major city tho. Rest of the country hasn’t really changed
I’m always amazed/sadden by the 1960s/70s pictures of Iran and Afghanistan
Middle East sure went backward compare to countries in the east.
I truly wish! Those days will come back!
the woman on the right is a BANGER!
Most Americans don’t even realize that it’s the USA that overthrew this secular Afghan government by supporting the Taliban in the 70s and 80s.
Religion poisons everything.
That’s no peachfuzz
Never let Authoritarians gaslight you about a more simple, pure time. It never happened.
Before religion.
once upon a time, afghani women had freedom.
then came theocratic patriarchy and boom, burqas.
How can you tell how magnificent her moustache is if she is hiding behind a burqa now?
Just a reminder that history is not the inevitable march of progress. Things can (and often do) become worse.
Isn’t it scary what religion can do to a society in less than 2 generations?
Damn she’s got a nice mustache