A couple of observations come to mind viewing this piece.  My immediate questions was whether the good Dr Bill Podlich had is title at the time he took this pictures, or was he merely following the well known hippy trail?  (Note: Apparently this is answered by the related articles to be found at the end of this post.)

Meanwhile, Rollie Williams can often be relied upon to offer us something to think about, and while he may well be right to marvel at the beauty and vibrancy of a country before it had been torn apart by more than three decades of war, it might have been useful to put those many years of trouble into historical perspective with a description of how we arrived at the current tragedy.

Finally, while some of the other galleries of Podlich ad Esterson may well provide some photo documentation of life outside Kabul during the 60s, the current selection, while fascinating, only demonstrate a capital city with a degree of cosmopolitan airs which probably weren’t much in evidence throughout many of the provinces.