Afghanistan in the 1950's

[Elias]

Afghanistan in the 1950's - Street Scenes - YouTube
I dont' know where it was recorded.
Maybe Kandahar?

[Firdousi]

Thanks God its not like those typical photos from kabul with women wearing mini-skirts but real footage showing real Afghanistan. I am so tired of answering my Western friends who are always like "Afghanistan was a modern place four decades ago". Eh, no, it wasn't. Only 1% of the wealthy Kabuli elite lived like that. Wearing mini-skirts doesn't make you a modern person btw. Weird logic lol

[ذو الفقار]

Thanks God its not like those typical photos from kabul with women wearing mini-skirts but real footage showing real Afghanistan. I am so tired of answering my Western friends who are always like "Afghanistan was a modern place four decades ago". Eh, no, it wasn't. Only 1% of the wealthy Kabuli elite lived like that. Wearing mini-skirts doesn't make you a modern person btw. Weird logic lol

Are most of your friends "Western"?

[Firdousi]

Are most of your friends "Western"?

Yes.

[ذو الفقار]

Yes.

How do you maintain friendship with people who are so different from us culturally and religiously?

[Firdousi]

How do you maintain friendship with people who are so different from us culturally and religiously?

Because unlike you I am not a brainwashed Pakistani suffering from inferiority complex. Dont say "us". You and I don't share the same culture nor we share the same background.

I told you once that Afghans are not like Pakis. We are not weak people. We have self-confidence. Thats why know that by engaging in debates and maintaining friendships with non Muslim/Afghans we won't turn into Kaffirs.

[ذو الفقار]

Because unlike you I am not a brainwashed Pakistani suffering from inferiority complex. Dont say "us". You and I don't share the same culture nor we share the same background.

I told you once that Afghans are not like Pakis. We are not weak people. We have self-confidence. Thats why know that by engaging in debates and maintaining friendships with non Muslim/Afghans we won't turn into Kaffirs.

What's so different about our cultures apart from the level of spice in the cuisine?

[Firdousi]

What's so different about our cultures apart from the level of spice in the cuisine?

I know the difference between a Punjabi Paki and an Afghan Tajik like myself. I am not denying our cultural and historical ties, after all, we have been invading your land for centuries. But thats it.

[ذو الفقار]

I know the difference between a Punjabi Paki and an Afghan Tajik like myself. I am not denying our cultural and historical ties, after all, we have been invading your land for centuries. But thats it.

Sounds like you respect Indian Hindus more than us because they are proud of their heritage. That is sad that Muslim brotherhood is meaningless to you.
We Pakistanis may not have a strong ethnic identity, but we are also one of the least racist countries in the world, especially among our immediate neighbors and the region:

[Markhor]

I know the difference between a Punjabi Paki and an Afghan Tajik like myself. I am not denying our cultural and historical ties, after all, we have been invading your land for centuries. But thats it.

And how has that turned out or you?Being a Fifth province of Pakistan since 4 decades .

[Markhor]

Because unlike you I am not a brainwashed Pakistani suffering from inferiority complex. Dont say "us". You and I don't share the same culture nor we share the same background.

I told you once that Afghans are not like Pakis. We are not weak people. We have self-confidence. Thats why know that by engaging in debates and maintaining friendships with non Muslim/Afghans we won't turn into Kaffirs.

Sure you are not weak that is why your people are getting slaughtered by everybody left and Right . Latest being Slaves to American Boots .

[Elias]

Thanks God its not like those typical photos from kabul with women wearing mini-skirts but real footage showing real Afghanistan. I am so tired of answering my Western friends who are always like "Afghanistan was a modern place four decades ago". Eh, no, it wasn't. Only 1% of the wealthy Kabuli elite lived like that. Wearing mini-skirts doesn't make you a modern person btw. Weird logic lol

That's true. Unfortunately some of our fellow afghans still think wearing western clothes make one look advanced.

[Khostai]

Thanks God its not like those typical photos from kabul with women wearing mini-skirts but real footage showing real Afghanistan. I am so tired of answering my Western friends who are always like "Afghanistan was a modern place four decades ago". Eh, no, it wasn't. Only 1% of the wealthy Kabuli elite lived like that. Wearing mini-skirts doesn't make you a modern person btw. Weird logic lol

Those mini-skirt wering women are from the 70-90 era, thats like almost 20-35 years later, a lot of changed in that time. This footage is from the 50.

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

What's so different about our cultures apart from the level of spice in the cuisine?

Um pretty much everything ...you're more characteristically South Asian. We're characteristically Central Asian ....

[Iblis_Efreetzai]

Sure you are not weak that is why your people are getting slaughtered by everybody left and Right . Latest being Slaves to American Boots .

That's exactly why we're not weak, We have had people trying to kill us left and right and they still haven't succeeded.

Where as Indic peoples are today calling our leaders that conquerored and decimated their peoples as now their "heroes". When that bappens, then you can talk about weakness.