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The text on the photos, while true, is deceitful and deliberately ignores Afghanistan history. This is like taking a photo of the beautiful American South in 1860, and another of the same area destroyed in 1865, and titling the photos "Before Slaves Freed", "After Slaves Freed". While the text is true, the impression given is false, implying the freed slaves did the damage.

Between the photos these events happened: communist president, Soviet invasion, local resistance, US arms rebels, some funds go via Pakistan, Pakistan arms and funds Pakastani Taliban, stinger missles drive Soviets out, civil war breaks out in Afghanistan (this is what likely caused the damage), Taliban welcomed to end civil war. Now I'm in no way supporting the Taliban, but the reality is that the destruction had already happened by the time Taliban took over.

The wording on the second photo could also read "After Afghanistan Civil War", "Result of Soviet Invasion", "Result of US Abandoning Afghanistan", "Result of Cold War".

In a very real sense, stupid US policy is responsible for resurgence of radical Islam and jihadism, including the Taliban. It's humbling and raises the question "What stupid things are being done in foreign affairs right now?"