Short skirts, picnics on the side of the road and smiling children — what was Afghanistan before the Taliban

University Professor bill Podlich from Arizona has made a series of pictures in 1967, while he lived and worked in Afghanistan with his family — wife and two daughters.

Awesome pictures of Afghanistan 1960‑ies so different from the images of war-stricken state, which it seems they are two different countries.

Dr. bill Podlich shot on film "Kodachrome". On his photographs of Afghanistan appears as a quiet and peaceful country, which will soon destroy the Taliban regime.

Daughter of Professor bill Podlich Jen and peg in the gardens of Paghman, which was one of the most popular vacation spots in Kabul. The gardens were completely destroyed during the war.

Afghan Schoolgirls going home. Girls as well as boys went to school and wore a school uniform, was admitted to the universities. Women rarely wore a burqa in major cities.

Now in Afghanistan, women are required to wear a veil, to appear accompanied by her husband or relatives, and education for the female population are not welcome.

Quite a happy people gathered on heavy vehicles, which were used as the rostrum.

Men resting in the shade. Below you can see the settlement, which for many centuries, a centre of pottery.

Sisters holding hands, Kabul.

One of the daughters of a Professor at a local market in the town of Istalif, which was one of the most beautiful places in the country. The city was destroyed during the war.

During class at the American international school in Kabul, which was visited by the daughter of a Professor.

Men on picnic drinking tea and listening to music.

The queue at the petrol station.

Boy decorates cakes.

People swimming in the Kabul river.

Students dancing at the Playground.

Young Afghans return home. In the background, a stunning landscape.

Afghan teacher.

Parking in front of the American international school in Kabul, where he studied daughter of Professor Podlich. The school is also no longer exists.

One of the daughters of a Professor of Peg.

Students of the pedagogical College in Kabul.

Mosque, Shah-do-Shamshira (master of the two swords) in Kabul. It is about the mosque in 2015, the mob lynched a 27-year old farkhanda malikzada after her dispute with the merchant of amulets, which accused the woman in the burning of the Koran. This case showed the real situation in relation to women's rights in Afghanistan.

A man prepares a sweet dessert jalebi on an open fire.

During a lesson in chemistry.

In the bus going from Kabul, Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan.

King's hill in Paghman gardens.

All that remains of one of the Buddha statues in the Bamiyan valley, which was built in the VI century ad. In 2001, both the statues were destroyed by the Taliban.

During the repair of roads.

Parade of the Afghan army in Kabul.

The Salang tunnel, which connects the Northern and southern parts of the country, was built by Soviet specialists in 1964 under the difficult Salang pass.