Afghan Army soldiers on parade. Original caption: "In the absence of dependable international peace, national defense plays an important role in the affairs of the nation."
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1950s <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/8</div> or early 1960s; according to Qayoumi, most of the book's images dated from the 1950s.
Originally published in a photobook about Afghanistan produced by the country's planning ministry; republished in <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/27/once_upon_a_time_in_afghanistan">Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan... Record stores, Mad Men furniture, and pencil skirts -- when Kabul had rock 'n' roll, not rockets</a></i> by Mohammad Qayoumi, <i>Foreign Policy</i>, 27 May 2010.