president daoud khan, the saur coup d etat. it began a generation of war and invasion the war we are still living with today. my parents were worried for our future. my sisters and i dressed in old burqas and plastic shoes. we managed to catch a bus across the border into pakistan as refugees. we tookjust a small bundle of things. mehtabuddin escaped to, along the road he had helped to build in the 1940s.
mehtabuddin crossed the border into pakistan to film the celebrations. the schoolchildren are queuing up for an orange as a gift. it was a time of moral ambition, of aspiration for all. zahir shah saw his country as at the heart of a modern asia. here he is greeting the visiting president of turkey, celal bayar, in 1958. zahir shah cautiously opened up state and society. he reformed the army. he promoted afghan national independence day, known
as at the heart of a modern asia. here he is greeting the visiting president of turkey, celal bayar, in 1958. zahir shah cautiously opened up state and society. he reformed the army. he promoted afghan national independence day, known as thejeshn.
correct? in kandahar with usaid money. correct? . , in kandahar with usaid money. correct? yeah. - in kandahar with usaid money. correct? yeah. in | in kandahar with usaid money. - correct? yeah. in 1973 correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973 kin: zahir correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973 king zahir shah s correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973 king zahir shah s was correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973 king zahir shah s was in correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973 king zahir shah s was in over- correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973 king zahir shah s was in over him l correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973| king zahir shah s was in over him in a bloodless coup. he declared afghanistan a the public and himself the first president. he rode the tiger of his times, balancing big investments from the americans against those of the soviet union. i was part of that low key generation, the first who would reap the rewards of all the hard work. we were and vicious skills. we had the idea i
something completely new an islamic republic. mehtabuddin crossed the border into pakistan to film the celebrations. the schoolchildren are queuing up for an orange as a gift. it was a time of moral ambition, of aspiration for all. zahir shah saw his country as at the heart of a modern asia. here he is greeting the visiting president of turkey, celal bayar, in 1958. zahir shah cautiously opened up state and society. he reformed the army.