Afghanistan: Life in Kabul

(27 Mar 1987) W082840
RR8713B - Afghanistan: Life in Kabul
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Afghanistan - 27 March 1987
Afghanistan's capital still looks very much like a city at war. But seven years of fighting have not dampened the entrepreneurial spirit of Kabul's inhabitants. Until recently there had been up to 40 explosions a day. In 7 years Kabul's population has swollen 5-fold to an estimated 3 million
Streets
Communications emplacement above city
Soldiers patrolling street
Bombed out storage tanks
Afghan army checking vehicles
search of buildings
Body search of people entering public building
Market
Man leafing through money
US and Soviet goods for sale
Soviet officer as escorted by Soviet military police in bullet proof vest
Freight lorries setting off along highway (ensure safe passage through bribes to Soviet army and rebels)
TGV honeycomb of homes
Buildings and mud
shaving of head - said to prevent disease
Pool of raw sewage
Soviet built health centre
Soviet building engineers and construction at work
Soviet style apartment block housing estates (mainly occupied by government officials)
People learning to read (Nationwide literacy campaign - 90% of Afghanis are illiterate)

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