A Trip from Herat to Kabul via the Hazarijat. Brainard_3Q046

Categories
Special Collections > Blair Brainard Peace Corps in Afghanistan Photographic Collection
Subject
Ghor (Afghanistan : Province)
Creator
Brainard, Blair, 1942-
Type
positive slide
Coverage - Temporal
1967
Identifier
Brainard_3Q046.tif
Language
English
Publisher
Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
Description
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.
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.