3E020 Scenes of Kabul, Afghanistan
- Categories
- Special Collections > Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection
- Subject
- Kabul (Afghanistan)
- Creator
- Brainard, Blair, 1942-
- Type
- positive slide
- Coverage - Temporal
- 1965; 1968
- Identifier
- Brainard_3E020.tif
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- Human and animal power were still quite important in moving goods throughout the city. This load is being moved by Hazaras. Hazaras were a recent influx to the city of Kabul from the Hazarajat region in the center of the country. Hazaras generally worked in the lower class menial jobs and were to a degree looked down by other Afghans because the Hazaras, although Persian/Dari speakers were Mongolian looking and members of the Shia sect of Islam unlike the rest of the Afghan population who were about 80 % Sunni. 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.
- Rights
- Copyright for this collection is retained by Radford University. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (Brained, Blair. The Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University is strictly prohibited.
