Sundays, Aug. 6 - 27 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Mondays, Aug. 7 - 28 at 7 a.m. on KPBS 2. In this series we look at the past 40 years of Afghan history through the individual perspectives of men and women, who played a decisive role or had a unique point of view on these events, to understand the journey of this nation from paradise to hell. In the early 70s, Afghanistan seemed a paradise for hippies in search of uncontaminated beauty, cheap drugs and exotic adventures. Women had more freedom, and people lived in peace. Yet, under this surface, the country was at a cross road: between East and West, Islam and Communism, modernity and tradition.
) - looks at six decades of Afghan history through the eyes of those who were there: warriors and civilians, men and women. Their personal memories of the golden era, the Soviet occupation, the civil war, the Taliban regime, of 9/11 and its aftermath open new perspectives onto Afghanistan, its people and its destiny. These stories reflect in an unparalleled selection of archive footage, unearthed in Afghanistan, Russia and the Arab world.
The series begins when Afghanistan was at peace, and the king opened the country to the world. At that time, Kabul looked like a European capital; the best hotels hosted beauty contests and fashion shows. It was a destination for hippies in search of cheap drugs and exotic adventures. But not everybody was comfortable with these changes. The nation was profoundly divided between a westernized elite and an illiterate and poor majority of the population.
In the 1980s, Afghanistan turned into the epicenter of a struggle between Islam and Communism and, at the same time, a battlefield of the Cold War. After the Soviet troops had reached Kabul, weapons and money from the United States and the Arab World were sent to the Afghan resistance. Also, foreign fighters joined the Jihad against the atheistic Soviets. A young Osama Bin Laden was among them. This war became “the Soviet Vietnam”.
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