A London conference on Afghanistan on 4 December is expected to set the course for the next decade for the country ravaged by 35 years of war. With Western troops leaving Afghanistan it emerges looking very much different from what it used to be in the happier days before the long and brutal conflict.
A mosque in Kabul, 1967
Streets of Kabul, 1979
Afghan students shopping
Canteen of the Kabul Polytechnic Institute, 1969
Schoolgirls on city streets of Kabul, 1976
Street barber shaves Kabul resident, 1970
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Independence Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1962
An overview of Jelalabad Hydro-electric Power Plant, built with Soviet assistance, 1969
Afghan women in the library,1979
