A set of color photos show Afghanistan in a very different light.
A Lifetime Ago: The Elegance Of 1920s Afghanistan
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Spring in the Paghman gardens. In 1992, a former resident who had lost his family and home after eight years of war returned to Paghman, telling a reporter: “It was once so beautiful and now it is all gone.”
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A Mr. and Mrs. Girard, directors of Kabul’s school of agriculture.
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A pastel-colored corner building in Kabul.
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Camel herders in southern Afghanistan.