Kabul, An Open City to the West | Afghanistan: The Wounded Land - Part 1: Kingdom | Doc World

Present day Kabul is unlike the Afghanistan capital of the 1960s: the city could rival its European counterparts with residents enjoying lavish lifestyles. Kabul was also a travel destination for many in the West. This is the history of Afghanistan....
KINGDOM: In the '60s, the king opened Afghanistan to the world. But the country was profoundly divided between the westernized elite and the traditional, poor majority. When communists seized power in 1978, a never-ending war began. WATCH: bit.ly/DW_Afghanistan_Kingdom
Narrated by author Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner), AFGHANISTAN: THE WOUNDED LAND looks at six decades of Afghan history through the eyes of warriors and civilians, men and women. Their memories of the Golden Age, Soviet occupation, Taliban regime, and 9/11 open new perspectives into the once peaceful Afghanistan, its people and its destiny. The four-part documentary grants new insight into what went tragically wrong in the past...and what future is being hoped for.
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[@ivvrr1]

My mother used to live in this era and said that this will never be repeated in the current Afghanistan

[@victormus533]

This was Afghanistan?!!! I am lost for words.

[@WORLDChannel]

Be sure to watch the whole series!

[@victormus533]

@@WORLDChannel Yes I will!!!

[@fdsfsdgsdg]

let me explain this was only in the capital and it was communism there thats why in the other citys they were still following islam and not commuinsm. The Tajik is the most salty group of people ever because they lost the war and the pashtun took the power they use out of context stuff

[@victormus533]

@@fdsfsdgsdg So let me see if I got this right, Did Russia occupy part of Afghanistan?

[@fdsfsdgsdg]

​@@victormus533 here you can read about it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan but now the tajik group is angry that they dont have the power so they use the west media to slander the taliban and how it is there. Many of the people there want the taliban. when there was war people didnt go to the goverments court case they go to the talibans court because it wasnt corrupt

[@itachiofthesharingan67]

this is the consequence of too much religion.

[@kimmberrleeohthatsme5493]

Iran was the same exact way,....the key denominator here was tourism. Outsiders came and bought with them their corruption, hypocrisy and greed. Keep in mind, Afghanistan was fine and dandy before and Islam stood on it's on foundation without a mandate.

[@sandeepdehury1236]

How islamic jihadi ruined these countries? Any idea

[@gamergamer-nk7mu]

Islam 😢

[@sandeepdehury1236]

@@gamergamer-nk7mu Islam=💩💩

[@gamergamer-nk7mu]

@@sandeepdehury1236 of course i hope atheism will grow up

[@user-ur2om5po3e]

All of that glorified time was destroyed by barakzai, Mohammed-zai, and runaway Ghani family as well.

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

Cabo looks a thousand times different and seems a thousand times different than what it is now

[@anitapadhi325]

Kabul not Cabo; Afg was the most happening place in 60s.

[@sivaratnamasabaratnam8946]

​@anitapadhi325 But these are children of rich elites and civil servants,tribal people maintained their customs

[@ahmadjami9099]

شکريه بارکزيي ده که امريکه بارکزيي

[@ArLetz_Song]

Nice ♥️👍

[@hamayoonyaqubi9259]

🎉Was waren das noch für Zeiten? Denken Sie daran, Freiheit wird von Menschen erreicht, man muss es versuchen 🇦🇫🙏🏻

[@kvancaydogan1850]

😔💔

[@erronblack5015]

What went wrong?

[@reyhane8884]

Wann sehn ich wünsche Afganistan jetzt wieder bleiben schtark frei wie Östreich Menschn Reich keine pröplem 🙏🏼👏🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Proudlyandhbhakt1]

Than allah's azab enter to Afghanistan

[@muslim1150]

Right because this is not Islamic law And people were hate in each other

[@Throwthatassback737]

Does allah have flood insurance, because kabba is flooded?