How Little America was built in Afghanistan

Witness History: Archive 2012 - En podcast af BBC World Service

In the 1950s, US engineers were sent to Afghanistan to build a huge dam.The aim was to irrigate the deserts of Helmand.The town of Lashkar Gah was built to house the workers.Photo: Lashkar Gah from the air, 1957.

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