Rare photos of Afghanistan 1960's years, still untouched by war

Hard to believe, but only some fifty years ago in Afghanistan was dominated by other orders. In the country there was peace and order on the streets driving expensive cars, and a local girl flaunted in a mini.

The website shows the reader the amazing photos of Afghanistan and its inhabitants, made during peacetime.

The author is Professor bill Podlich who came to Kabul in 1967 with his family. There he spent two years taught in an organized UNESCO Higher Pedagogical College, and in his spare time took to the streets and photographed.

Girls in the gardens of Paghman

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Passengers of the local bus



Students of Junior school for boys and girls



Due to the heat sometimes the lessons were conducted outdoors



The lesson of music and dance in kindergarten



Kabul Schoolgirls coming back from classes



Big sister leads the younger by the hand



A real Afghan hound



Boy decorates cakes national patterns



Plug in Kabul



Local men during a tea party



American international school in Kabul



Trader of scarves on the market



The reaction of Afghans to the blonde



Parking of cars near the house



A local resident prepares traditional Afghan dessert



The path through the gorge between Jalalabad and Kabul



The driver of a public bus



Mountain tunnel "Salang"



Friendly locals



Exhibition at one of the schools



The Afghans have a rest in the shade of the trees



A man reading afternoon prayers



The Bamiyan valley



The younger students during a lesson on the street



Store fruits and vegetables



Gas station



Students returning from the lectures



Men on the outskirts of Kabul



View of Kabul from the surrounding mountains



A boy sells balloons on the waterfront



Entry in the annual exhibition of the best student work



The car of one of local officials



Well dressed Afghan men in the sixties



A lesson in high school



Family coming to visit



Arch is one of the many arches in Kabul



Hotel "Inter Continental"



Street Barber



The endless steppes of Afghanistan



Men go on foot to a nearby village



Views of the mountains surrounding Kabul



Professor bill Podlich surrounded by his colleagues and friends



Kabul airport



Channel, where locals wash clothes



Local military band



Carved into the rock statue of Buddha, Bamiyan valley. During the hostilities it was destroyed



Decorated in traditional style bus



Shop, sell products and canned



Dancing in kindergarten



Traditional masquerade procession during one of the holidays



The main street of Kabul



A man prepares a kebab in the street



Children and adults swimming in the Kabul river



Algebra class in high school



The drivers boast a capacity of its buses



Street with hotels and shops



Students after school



The participants of the peace March



Post a guard around the Royal Palace, Kabul



King's hill in Paghman gardens



Road builders



Kabul mosque located in the city centre



People during New year celebrations



Protesters at the demonstration



Military parade on the streets of Kabul



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