20 Wonderful Color Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Kabul, Afghanistan in the 1960s

In the mid-20th century, many in Afghanistan were free to embrace Western culture. The U.S. and Soviet Union both wanted to control in Afghanistan during the Cold War, seeking influence with money and machinery. Here, the Associated Press’s Henry S. Bradsher and Henry Burroughs recorded everyday life in Kabul, Afghanistan in the 1960s, in color.

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