Originally Posted by
pointchaser
Beautiful photos. I was actually born in Kabul and have been back
twice: Despite the political reasons for naming Sept 9 "Massoud Day", he was not a hero but a turncoat who (by the CIA's own admission) took bribes from the Russians. He is despised by the majority of Afghans.
Yes, I had heard he wasn't quite the hero that he is idolized as. There are lots of photo's of him about though, so a small part of the population must still treat him as a kind of 'deity'.
Originally Posted by
sic incognito
Interesting stuff, and I appreciate the background info.
Thanks
. I was a bit nervous before going, but felt relatively safe when I was there. Mr. Aleem with the AK-47 helped with that too
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