Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: pre war

The traffic sign on the right hand side shows that it isn't allowed to drive straightforward (into the mosque)!?

It wasn't the smallest shop I've seen in Herat, a smaller one selling Audiotapes will be posted.

People have meals in front of their houses in Herat, Western Afghanistan

Here I'm posting some scanned slides from my tour in Afghanistan 1976. The old diapositives already got damaged by fungus and streaks. With my scanner software and the editing aftermath I got a better result as I was expected. My third and last visit in Afghanistan was in 1976, two years before the bloody Russian invasion was happened. I still keep my nicest memory for this country which suffered such an horrific destiny. In the western city Herat I stayed longer and felt very happy under the hospitality of Hazara people. Father and his son sitting in a wall niche. Everywhere in Herat the inhabitants of the small town welcomed us strangers with high kindness. (The diapositive was scanned by NikonCoolscan 5000ED, original Agfacolor 100 ASA, captured December 1976.)