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Reviving Afghan memories, preserving our culture.

Restoring old photos and sharing meaningful stories for Afghans around the world.(Bringing Afghan history to life).

02/06/2026

بازار گلبهار ولایت کاپیسا.
دهه ۸۰ میلادی

02/06/2026

باغ شاهی جلال آباد - ننگرهار
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22/05/2026

در چنین روزی، ۲۲ می ۱۵۴۵، شیرشاه سوری، بنیان‌گذار سلسلهٔ سوری در هند (۱۵۴۰ تا ۱۵۵۶)، در اثر انفجار باروت هنگام محاصرهٔ قلعهٔ کالینجر جان باخت. با وجود کوتاه بودن دورهٔ فرمانروایی شیرشاه سوری (۱۵۴۰ تا ۱۵۴۵)، تأثیر او بر شبه‌قارهٔ هند ماندگار و عمیق بود.

شیرشاه از شدت درد ناله می‌کرد. هرچند حکیمان تمام تلاش خود را برای درمان او به کار می‌بردند، اما شیرشاه می‌دانست که زمان زیادی برایش باقی نمانده است. سراسر بدنش در آتش سوخته بود و احساس می‌کرد چنگال سرد مرگ بر پیکر سوخته‌اش فرود می‌آید. او با صدایی ضعیف آخرین فرمان خود را به سپاهیانش صادر کرد: به هر قیمت که شده، باید قلعهٔ کالینجر را پیش از آن‌که سلطان‌شان آخرین نفس را بکشد، فتح کنند.

سخنان پادشاه در حال احتضار تأثیری شگرف بر نیروها گذاشت. بدایونی، نویسندهٔ معاصر آن دوران، می‌نویسد که با شنیدن سخنان شیرشاه، «امیران افغان با تلاش و دلاوری بیشتر به پیش رفتند و با نهایت شجاعت جنگیدند. آنان با مدافعان قلعه از نزدیک درگیر شدند و کار به نبرد با کارد و خنجر کشید و حق کوشش و مردانگی را به‌خوبی ادا کردند.»

افغان‌ها با به‌کارگیری تمام توان خود دست به کاری شگفت‌انگیز زدند: قلعهٔ کالینجر تنها در چند ساعت سقوط کرد و به تصرف آنان درآمد.

خبر این پیروزی بی‌درنگ به شیرشاه رسانده شد. لبخندی کم‌رنگ بر چهرهٔ خستهٔ او نشست و فریادی از رضایت از لبانش برآمد. او گفت: «الحمدلله! این همان آرزوی من بود.»

شیرشاه دیگر هرگز سخنی نگفت. مردی که هر گامش تاریخ می‌آفرید، خود به بخشی از تاریخ پیوست. خورشید اقتدار افغانان غروب کرده بود. شیرشاه سوری درگذشته بود.

نویسنده: نیلش چترجی

(منبع: مخزن افغانی، اثر خواجه نعمت‌الله)

On this day, 22 May 1545, the founder of the Sur dynasty of India (1540-1556), Sher Shah Suri died from a gunpowder explosion during the siege of Kalinjar fort. The short reign of Sher Shah Suri (1540-1545) left a lasting impact on the Indian subcontinent.

Sher Shah groaned in pain. Sure, the hakims were trying their best, but Sher Shah knew he didn't have much time left. He was scorched all over, and he felt the icy jaws of death closing in on his burnt body. With a feeble voice, he pronounced what he knew would be his last order to his soldiers: Come hell or high water, they were to seize the fort of Kalinjar before their Sultan breathed his last.

The dying king's exhortation had a dramatic effect on the troops — a contemporary writer, Badayuni, says that on hearing Sher Shah's words, "the Afghan amirs worked harder and behaved with the utmost gallantry, and coming to close quarters with the garrison, brought matters to a fight with knife and dagger and did full justice to the demands of endeavour and manliness." Straining every nerve, the Afghans pulled off a miracle: Kalinjar was stormed in only a few hours.

The glad tidings were immediately rushed to Sher Shah. A thin smile broke out on his tired face, and a cry of satisfaction escaped his lips. "Alhamdulillah!" he said. "This was my very desire."

Sher Shah never spoke again. The man who was wont to make history with every move had passed into the realm of history. The Afghan sun had set. Sher Shah Suri was dead.

Writes Neelesh Chatterjee

(Reference: Makhzan-i Afghani, by Khwaja Niamatullah)

20/05/2026

Hippies in Kabul. Kabul. Afghanistan. August 1971.
Do you have any memory of Hippies in Kabul, please share it in the comments.

16/05/2026

The late Mir Ghulam Mohammad “Ghubar” was a renowned historian, researcher, revolutionary, politician, and poet. Ghubar was born in Kabul in 1897 and passed away in Berlin, Germany, in 1978.

Mir Ghulam Mohammad Ghubar and Dr. Mahmudi spent a period of time in the Deh Mazang prison because of their freedom-seeking views and political beliefs. Ghubar wrote many books, but his most important work is “Afghanistan in the Course of History” (Afghanistan Dar Masir-e Tarikh), which was published in two volumes. I highly recommend this book to dear readers.

May God grant him a place in Paradise, and may his memory live on forever.

14/05/2026

Shahr-e Ara and Asmayi, Then .
The photograph was taken by the Irish photographer John Burke in 1879.

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14/05/2026

Guess the famous Masjid of Kabul Jan.

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