Afghanistan's Most Popular Auto Sticker
Somebody cashed in at the end of the Taliban era. That regime had forbidden many displays of color/images, heck, almost everything. That was quite contrary to the custom and practice of the Afghan people. What we saw was that many Afghan cars, trucks, vans - anything that moved (at least in the Kabul/Bagram area) - had these decals on them. I can only imagine the thoughts of the daring entreprenuer(s) that first darted across the border from Pakistan with thousands of these things in tow...
posted by LTC John at 8:14 AM
3 Comments:
Now that is funny! :)
Now that you mention it some of the buildings were very colorful, or at least trying to regain their color. It seemed like they were trying from the inside out.
I never really thought about it because everything is so dusty and tan/gray. I guess that was caused by a combo of Taliban repression and poverty.
I have a lovely photo of the CMOC in Khowst and the garden they had there. I'll post it when I find it.
Also, now that I think about it I had the inside of our barracks painted pale blue. Is that color okay for a non-mosque? I hope so. I'm assuming that eventually we will turn those over to the Afghans.
I miss the trucks, taxis, and rickshaws of South Asia. So colorful and gaudy. :-)
Nice that they'd choose that to decorate their vehicles with.
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