What Afghanistan Was Like Under The Last King | Zahir Shah Documentary

The recent history of Afghanistan has been filled with war and conflict. As a result, many Afghans look to the reign of the last King, Zahir Shah with a sense of nostalgia for a time and place that was once peaceful and stable. From his accession to power in 1933 until his deposition in 1973, the country went through a range of social, economic and political changes. King Zahir Shah’s reign saw Afghanistan embrace modernisation, in a bid to meet the challenges of surviving in a modern world. The modernising drive of the royal family certainly succeeded in improving the Afghan economy and enhancing the state’s capacity; but its policies and initiatives also unleashed a wave of effects which would ultimately play a part in the monarchy’s downfall. FREE NEWSLETTER: - Become a Patron for as little as a dollar a month to vote on upcoming and keep the movement going! Massive thank you to our Patreons: Elman Ammar TheBactrianGambler Preston P Adam Mohammad Areeb Awais Omar Farid Ibrahim Ari Joshua Bilal Kjetil Haseeb Nahid Amir Mahmoud Joel CoreBard - Join our social media community: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: Facebook group: #AfghanWar #AfghanKing #AfghanHistory Images Used: Hubert Śmietanka Françoise Foliot Gerd Eichmann Paul Dober Aulfat Rizai J. Ollé KKB ANBI Marek Gawęcki DrRandomFactor Music Used: - The beautiful rabab music you hear in the video is Qais Essar. Check out his music at: ​ ​ Doug Maxwell - Arabian Nightfall (Sting): Epidemic Sounds Ugonna Onyekwe - Casual Desire: Passage: If any of the images or songs are yours, please let me know I will amend them. Please don’t report me straight away! 0:00 Intro 1:15 1901-1933 Context 4:45 Consolidation of authority 10:02 First Democratic Period 15:36 Pashtunistan 19:11 PM Daud & Rapid Modernisation 22:43 Constitutional Decade