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Afghanistan Retrospective. Late 1960s

S M Chen
8 min readAug 16, 2020

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Photographer: S M Chen (unless indicated otherwise)

Film: 35mm Kodachrome

Camera: Nikon Nikkormat

Landlocked country about size of TX. Red lines = roads
Economic map. Major cities, towns, provinces. Flag = green, red, black
Distances to various destinations. Kabul airport. Note snow on mountains despite summer
Kabul International Airport. Built by Russia
Kabul International Airport. 5869' elevation above sea level
View toward Kabul from adjacent town (Paghman)
Kabul
Kabul. Note river bisecting city

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