The photos you posted above are of Paghman gardens. They were designed and built in the 1920s by the King, who had just returned from Europe and wanted to modernize and liberalize the country, and to try to remove the conservative religious influences in the country. Part of the conditions of entry into that park was that western dress would be adopted.
King Amunullah, unsurprisingly, was overthrown by religious elements in Afghanistan. As to when and by who, the gardens were destroyed, I do not know, and there is nothning online to prove whether it was the Taliban, the Mujahideen, the Russians, the Americans etc.
Interesting example LLR.
The photos you posted above are of Paghman gardens. They were designed and built in the 1920s by the King, who had just returned from Europe and wanted to modernize and liberalize the country, and to try to remove the conservative religious influences in the country. Part of the conditions of entry into that park was that western dress would be adopted.
King Amunullah, unsurprisingly, was overthrown by religious elements in Afghanistan. As to when and by who, the gardens were destroyed, I do not know, and there is nothning online to prove whether it was the Taliban, the Mujahideen, the Russians, the Americans etc.