Comments on: Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:10:36 +0000

I remember the time when Afghanistan was the country the hippies liked the most on the hippie trail to India – they always used to say they were glad to get out of Iran and into Afghanistan ’cause the Afghani people were so friendly

By: PEX

PEX — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:56:47 +0000

but if not bastard Brzezinski and his plan to conquer the world that Afghanistan would normlanoy secular country such as Lebanon

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:58:34 +0000

For anyone else interested in the history of Afghanistan and the West then the BBC's Adam Curtis has a brilliant (though lengthly) ongoing series of articles on the topic that you can find here on the BBC website Not a quick read by any means but absolutely fascinating stuff.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:26:41 +0000

Not to mention their very own Elvis: Ahmad Zahir.

Seems that he was quite a hero there until he died, not without controversy about how, while having some songs with elements of political criticism.

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahir

By: Nate Hunzaker

Nate Hunzaker — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:15:03 +0000

Fascinating. I remember listening to an NPR story on Ahmad Zahir and the changes to Afghanistan since the era of his fame, but it I had no idea they were as progressive as the photos depict.

By: Dane Troup

Dane Troup — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:10:49 +0000

This might change a couple things over there. Just not sure if it will be for the better or worse.

By: Yoosuf

Yoosuf — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:02:37 +0000

That was when the Soviet union, USA break the Soviet Russia in to multiple parts and every thing went wrong and fighting…………..