**Some of us weren’t around to see the
real Afghanistan before it became one
of the most turmoil-infested places in the world.
For people like myself who haven’t known any other
Afghanistan than the one which exists today (on images
across media), here’s
a glimpse into the Pre War Afghanistan. (1975)
Herat, Afghanistan
**
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*Herat Continued...
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Herat Sky
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Kabul, Afghanistan
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Ghazni, Afghanistan
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Qandahar sunset, Afghanistan
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Balkh, Afghanistan
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Farah, Afghanistan
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Pul-I-Kumri, Afghanistan
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Tashkurghan, Afghanistan
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Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
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Maimana, Afghanistan
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Maimana Continued..
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wow :k: .. beautiful … thanks for sharing … 
zabardast :k:
Aalhan, very nice pics! Thanks for sharing.
:k:
Thanks for sharing
all turned into ruins now... :(
Thanks for sharing such great images!
Gorgeous pictures MashAllah…
Isn’t it amazing that when for so long the Mujahideen fought the Russians and no Muslim nation and individual helped them…Even with a penny? And how proud those Mujahideen made us feel when they ousted the Russian forces without the latest gadgetry?
After 9/11 in just a couple of weeks, the American media was able to lead the mod-Muslims by their noses into believing that these same heroes are terrorists and that the American forces are liberators…And those same Muslims who didn’t say a peep of support for the Mujahideen are now rabidly supporting the American troops against the same Mujahids…
Why do traitors have such weak faith? The people who say the Shahada are now the enemies and the kuffar are the liberators? I am so glad that Salahuddin Ayubi never had such traitors in his time…I bet the same people that cheer the American forces against the Taliban, would have been the same people in Ayubi’s time welcoming the Crusaders with open arms…
And we say the Ummah is divided…Either Allah :swt: make you see truth for truth, or may Allah :swt: raise you in Aakhira as the people you so admire…Ameen…
Brother Lajawab, Salahuddin Ayubi did have his share of such traitors, especially the emir in Damascus and the Fatamid Khaliphs in Cairo. He first cleared the Muslim ranks of these traitors, who were aiding and abetting the crusaders, and then moved on to throw out the crusaders back to were they came from.
Ya Rabb Ameen
My thanks too - Aalhan
Err.. from the very beginning (1979), Pakistan offered the Mujahedin safe haven. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia gave the mujahedin their guns. Pakistan trained the mujahedin commanders in guerrilla warfare. Pakistani troops (with no ID in case they were caught) on one occasion fought alongside the Mujehedin inside Afghanistan. Pakistan trained the Mujahedin in how to operate mortars, rockets, and anti-aircraft weaponry. Pakistan instructed the Mujahedin on what targets should be hit and when, for maximum effect. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia printed and provided the Mujahedin with Qurans and books on Islam to smuggle into the Soviet Union’s Muslim majority areas and ferment unrest.
In 1986, Pakistan provided the Mujahedin with the locations of a number of munitions factories inside the Soviet Union, and trained them in how to attack it.
And in fact, until the Mujahedin recieved the latest gadgetry (in the form of the USA’s most advance man-portable surface-to-air missile, the Stinger), they were losing the war, because Soviet helicopter gunships foiled every significant military operation the Mujahedin attempted. Only once they were tooled up with this most modern weapon were they able to truly force the Soviets onto the defensive.
A great book to read on this topic is “The Bear Trap”, written by Brig. (retd) Mohammad Yousef, who headed the branch of the ISI responsible for running the Afghan war from 1983 to 1986. It really goes into much detail about the assistance that the Mujahideen received from nations outside Afghanistan, and also details the extent to which America both helped and hindered the cause of the Mujahideen.
It’s available free and online at http://www.afghanbooks.com/beartrap/english/index.htm