An Afghan woman in traditional attire carries an AK-47 in support of the Soviet-backed government’s war against the Mujahideen. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1984.
An Afghan woman in traditional attire carries an AK-47 in support of the Soviet-backed government’s war against the Mujahideen. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1984.
while i will not pretend i have no issue with it a lot of arabic civilization prior to the rise of more extreme fundamentalist forces in the region more recently are actually fascinating.
Raise-Emotional on
An AK is also considered traditional attire in Afghanistan.
GeniusEE on
A woman who knew her way around guns would not be holding it by the corrodible metal part.
HyoukaYukikaze on
I know she’s just holding it… but putting her hand on the gas block and gas tube (which was ported in some versions, but is leaky either way) takes all the cool away.
improbable_humanoid on
The Mujahadeen were portrayed as heroic by Hollywood in the 80s. Only took a few years from them to turn into the Taliban.
Acoustic_blues60 on
I remember this parade in the news back then. Was all for show
TeneroTattolo on
Such disgraceful country.
RiverHarris on
That’s where heroin comes from.
FeedbackOther5215 on
Not the greatest colorization attempt lol
Mitka69 on
Propaganda poster. I wonder what happened to her tho.
BigBarsRedditBox on
Imagine the Soviet Union invades your home and you have to support them
daisiesarepretty2 on
…I know what half of you are thinking…
Adddicus on
>in support of the Soviet-backed government’s war against the Mujahideen
Gee, I wonder how that worked out for her?
Mrtoyhead on
We have failed on this Planet as a whole when 41 years later it much of anything has been accomplished or solved.
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while i will not pretend i have no issue with it a lot of arabic civilization prior to the rise of more extreme fundamentalist forces in the region more recently are actually fascinating.
An AK is also considered traditional attire in Afghanistan.
A woman who knew her way around guns would not be holding it by the corrodible metal part.
I know she’s just holding it… but putting her hand on the gas block and gas tube (which was ported in some versions, but is leaky either way) takes all the cool away.
The Mujahadeen were portrayed as heroic by Hollywood in the 80s. Only took a few years from them to turn into the Taliban.
I remember this parade in the news back then. Was all for show
Such disgraceful country.
That’s where heroin comes from.
Not the greatest colorization attempt lol
Propaganda poster. I wonder what happened to her tho.
Imagine the Soviet Union invades your home and you have to support them
…I know what half of you are thinking…
>in support of the Soviet-backed government’s war against the Mujahideen
Gee, I wonder how that worked out for her?
We have failed on this Planet as a whole when 41 years later it much of anything has been accomplished or solved.
So many pictures of beautiful Afghan women.
War porn.
Wonder if she’s happy how things turned out