Hope after loss: returning to Afghanistan

[Mr. X]

I had done my reading – Kabul was a cosmopolitan city in the years leading up to the 1970s, prior to the Soviet invasion. I had also seen the evidence – old black and white photographs of my parents and their friends at parties, donned in the most sophisticated evening wear. They picnicked among natural landscapes unsurpassed in beauty.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3991756.html

Durkhanai Ayubi is an Afghan-Australian social commentator. She is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Federal Government, board member for the Victorian Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre, and assistant editor of the Australian Muslim women's online magazine Sultann's Dream.

[$hiva]

The article is a little disappointing. The writing is not so great but more importantly, the article is full of factual errors, such as:

Kabul was a cosmopolitan city in the years leading up to the 1970s

Kabul became a semi-cosmopolitan city only in mid to late 70s after Daoud Khan coup and his attempts at modernization.

[Admin Khan]

Kabul was once known as the Paris of Asia [MENTION=17243]$hiva[/MENTION]

[Reactants]

Kabul was once known as the Paris of Asia

so

[$hiva]

Kabul was once known as the Paris of Asia @$hiva

I used to have Sunjay Dutt as my avatar.

Opps, sorry, what was you saying Admin Khan... Kabul Paris of Asia? That is typical third world colonial mentality. Kabul is the greatest city in the world, and anyone who says otherwise will get stabbed in the back side.

[Kochagasht]

the author of this article features quite a lot in facebook page of someone who has a crush on her

[randolph85]

her parents lived luxurious lives? yeah a little out of touch there.

[Reactants]

she's pretty

[Kochagasht]

question needs to be asked, what IS pretty?

[randolph85]

shes an 8, the clothes make her a 6.5.

is that a cross necklace??

[Reactants]

the author of this article features quite a lot in facebook page of someone who has a crush on her

that individual has a liking for girl-in-her-arms photos

[Kochagasht]

that individual has a liking for girl-in-her-arms photos

good point

[$hiva]

she's pretty

Pink lipstick, doo dooo doooo dodo

[Reactants]

^LOL

[$hiva]

There were, however, hints of its former glory. Kabul was surrounded by the most beautiful of landscapes – snow-capped mountains that glimmered in the sunlight; velvety hills that boasted bright green after the winter rains; and pristine rivers that trickled on, undeterred by conflict.

That was not former glory Durkhani jaan, the mountains and the landscape was always there and its still there with all its glory.