The redhead is really a striking photo.
Don’t forget that the Soviet Army spent some 10 years in Afghanistan.
Of course that was in the 1980s.
The US and our coalition forces have been there since 2002.
You will find very similar examples in Vietnam.
That is true, and the Russians were there for like a decade or something if I recall so there was probably some interaction going on when the soldiers were off duty with the local girls. Though I wonder how many soldiers actually rotated through there, my understanding is it was maybe a couple hundred thousand, a big number to be sure but who knows how many of them actually got things on with the local girls while on leave. It’s probably one contribution, among some others.
I’ve always noticed that Afghanis can be absolutely beautiful. Remember the picture on the cover of Natl Geo many years ago. Since then I’ve kept my eyes open, they do tend to have a different, striking, appearance.