A Trip from Herat to Kabul via the Hazarijat. Brainard_3Q046
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Brainard, Blair, 1942-
In Chaghcharān, we decided to give up our jeep and continue by bus/truck. Trucks like this were quite common in Afghanistan. It is an International Harvester truck frame with a bed built and decorated in Afghanistan. Passengers could travel in the cab of the truck with the driver, crowded and hot, or in the top seats above the cab where we chose to sit. Up above you had lots of fresh air, and dust sometimes. In addition, the driver was always supposed to honk whenever we passed under the phone line so the passengers could duck.<br>The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection captures the photographers experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, primarily in the city of Herat, 1965-1968.