Images from the past : Afghanistan

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Picture of girls of Medical School Kabul University.

 

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1968

 

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King Ammanulah Palace, Kabul, 1978 (c).

The 150 room Darul Aman Palace was originally built in the 1920s, during the reign of Amanullah Khan. He reigned as Emir of Afghanistan between February 1919 and June 1926, and as King of Afghanistan between June 1926 and January 1929. The palace was severely damaged during the 1990s civil war.

However, between 2016 and 2020, the palace was renovated and completely restored to its former glory, work being largely completed for the 100th anniversary of Afghan Independence, which was on 19 August 2019.
© Rick Lilford

 

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Somewhere In Afghanistan, August 1966.

© Pierre-Gilles de Lupel

Nuristani Man With A Dog In Kantiwa valley, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, August 1965.

© Wilfred Thesiger

 

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Setting Off, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1965 (c).

 

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General View (4th - 5th Century) Rock-cut Sanctuaries, limestone Cliffs, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1959-61 (c).

© Josephine Powell / Archnet

 

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Emir Of Afghanistan Amanullah Khan and the Turkish president of the state Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on a canoe trip on the estate of the president Atatürk, Turkey, May 1928.

In May 1928, Afghan Emir Amanullah Khan visited Turkey and took Turkey as a model country after his return to his country.
Afghan Emir tried to follow Turkey's path in his country. A group of experts from Turkey went to Afghanistan in order to support modernisation efforts of Afghanistan.

In the period of Atatürk, Turkey was an active player in the modernisation and restructuring of Afghanistan. Common religion, partly common ethnic origin and common regional interests between Turkey and Afghanistan set vital importance between the two countries.

 

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Afghan beach, 1969

 

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Afghan beach, 1969

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Beach in Afghanistan?

 

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Kabul, Afghanistan, 13th December 1929.

A scene of destruction in a town while rebel leader General Nadir Khan was fighting for control of Kabul. He was elected to the Afghan national assembly in October 1929.

© Hulton Archive / Getty Images


King Nadir Shah Was Heavily Supported By Tribesmen From Waziristan & Other Part Of NWF.

 

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Photograph of King Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya of Afghanistan, standing, taken on the deck of a ship, 1928 (c).

The King and Queen of Afghanistan travelled to Europe in December 1927. They arrived in Dover on the steam ship SS Maid of Orleans 13 March 1928 and remained in England as guests of King George V and Queen Mary until 5 April.

© Royal Collection Trust

 

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Amanullah Khan was crowned the Amir of Afghanistan after his father, Amir Habibullah was assassinated in February 1919.

Amanullah Khan was fiercely anti-British and wanted to destroy an old agreement which gave the British control over Afghanistan’s foreign policy.

The British resisted this move, and so began the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919). After a brief struggle, the British were forced to negotiate and in the end surrendered their control over Afghanistan’s foreign policy.
Afterwards, Amanullah became a national hero, and was given the title Ghazi. He then turned his attention to modernising Afghanistan.

© Britannica

 

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Well the past and Present of Afghanistan does not look good. It can only look good if Afghans takes charge of their lives and Progress in Agriculture, Industry and Education. I wish them success in future

 

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A Convict Execution in Afghanistan, 1913 (c).
Bandits found guilty of plotting against the Emir are killed by cannon balls, Illustration from French newspaper Le petit journal.

 

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The modern new (completed 1966) government printing plant in Kabul, on June 9, 1966, which houses Kabul Times. Most of its machinery was furnished by West Germany.

Motorcade for President Eisenhower's visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 9, 1959. Eisenhower met briefly with the 45-year-old Afghan king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, to discuss Soviet influence in the region and increased U.S. aid to Afghanistan

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (black hat), and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin review an Afghan honor guard wearing old German uniforms, on their arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 15, 1955. At left is the Afghan Prime Minister Sardar Mohammed Daud Khan, and behind, in cap, the foreign minister, Prince Naim