Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan…

Record stores, Mad Men furniture, and pencil skirts — when Kabul had rock ‘n’ roll, not rockets. Images of 1960s Afghanistan. Continue reading here.

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Record stores, Mad Men furniture, and pencil skirts -- when Kabul had rock 'n' roll, not rockets. Images of 1960s Afghanistan.

Record stores, Mad Men furniture, and pencil skirts — when Kabul had rock ‘n’ roll, not rockets. Images of 1960s Afghanistan.

Continue reading here.

Mohammad H. Qayoumi is the president of San Jose University.
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