Afghanistan's Darkest Journey. 40-year War, Jihad Museum, Tank, Missiles & The Ruin of Ancient Herat

Описание: Herat is one of The Most Beautiful Cities in Afghanistan but nothing prepares you for the scars left by 40 years of war!

I record each and everything I see under my lens so that you don't have to visit if you don't want to.
Every monument, every street, every wall whispers the same story:
Four decades of destruction, fear, loss, and survival.
This is not a normal travel video.
This is a walk through a city that endured the unendurable.

Musalla Complex (15th Century)
A Place That Was Almost Erased
The 15th-century Musalla Complex was once one of the greatest architectural masterpieces of Timurid Empire in Central Asia.
Then war came.
Explosions, battles, shelling, and decades of conflict reduced most of it to lonely, broken minarets standing like survivors of a tragedy.
You don’t just see the destruction — you feel it.

Jihad Museum (2010)
The Machinery of 40 Years of War
Nowhere exposes the brutality of Afghanistan’s past like the Jihad Museum.
Inside are the weapons that shaped the country’s darkest years:
You stand face-to-face with the real tanks, war helicopters, anti-aircraft guns, PRGs, rockets, missiles, artillery used over 40 years of war, from the Soviet invasion in 1979 to the civil war to modern fighting, the symbols of battles fought across mountains, deserts and cities. The walls are filled with stories of fighters, commanders and battles that defined an entire generation.

The Bombed U.S. Consulate (Sept. 13, 2013)
Passing the site of the deadly 2013 attack.
This attack killed several people and shook the entire World.

A City Split Between Ancient Glory and Modern Destruction
In Herat, the contrast is painful:
— 11th-century Shrines standing beside buildings marked by explosions
— Timurid minarets surrounded by the war ruins
— Silk Road Caravanserai next to the Taliban checkpoints and miliary scars.
It feels like two eras of violence — ancient and modern — merged into one city.

Carpet Weavers in a City Shaped by War
Even the carpets — world-famous and handwoven — come from families who lived through displacement, trauma, and the collapse of village.
Behind every pattern is a story that survived conflict.

THE TRUTH OF HERAT
Herat is a living museum of war-- from medieval battles at the Mussala Complex to modern missiles displayed inside the Jihad Museum.

This video shows the raw, unfiltered reality of a city that has endured more than most cities in the world could imagine. It also carries the weight of conflict, loss, survival and resilience!

If you want to understand Afghanistan’s 40-year tragedy —
everything begins in Herat!

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