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    Default Pictures of Afghanistan from before the Soviet Invasion

    Afghanistan used to be one of the most progressive Muslim countries until it became a proxy battleground between Russia and America.

    An astonishing collection of photos from the 1960s was recently featured by the Denver Post.
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    The whole ME was progressive before the period after WWII and the cold war.

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    Here is a computer recreation using Virtual Battlespace 2 of a Soviet convoy ambush by Afghan guerrillas in 1981. At about 1:23 you can see some of those Stinger anti-aircraft launchers, provided by the US, used against Russian CAS Hinds acting as a QRF for the convoy.


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    And now its the world's largest producer of heroin.

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