Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
Afghanistan 1985 stock footage and images
- Showing 7 to 12 of 119 results
more
Hide
Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel 's interview on Afghanistan situation.
Interview by Harry Ellis, with reporter from Geneva joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the 20mm Anti Aircraft guns purchased by the United States that should be handed over to Afghan resistance. Arnold L Raphel states that the Afghanistan situation is an issue between the Soviet Union and the rest of the world.
Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel are interviewed regarding Afghanistan.
Interview at Woldnet studio hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from The Hague joining via telephone. Guest Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern an South Asian Affairs. He states that Soviet Union is committed to negotiating an agreement on the Afghanistan situation. He further says that there has been gradual ability of Mujahideen (Muslim Fundamentalists) to stand up to Soviet Union.
Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel compare Grenada and Afghanistan in an interview.
Interview in Washigton DC, with reporter from The Hague joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the similarity between the United States action in Grenada and the Soviets occupying Afghanistan.
Senator Jim Sasser and Arnold L Raphel discuss insurgent religious groups in Afghanistan.
Interview by Harry Ellis in Washington DC, with reporter from London joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the insurgency among religious groups in Afghanistan. Senator Jim Sasser states that the Congress of the United States is of the opinion to provide more aid and weapons to the Afghan fighters and funds going to them will not violate the United States law. Correspondent and host Harry Ellis thanks the guests and other reporters at the end of the Interview.
Senator Jim Sasser talks about the aid reaching the Afghani Refugees
Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from Oslo joining via telephone. Guests are U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the aid supplies reaching Afghanistan. U.S. Senator Jim Sasser states that substantial amount of food, clothing, medical supplies and construction supplies have been provided to the Afghan Refugees.
The Morrison and Knudsen construction company contracts to build dams in Afghanistan and commences operations
Film opens with camera panning over the rugged, arid regions of Afghanistan. Broad view of the city of Kandahar, where modern buildings are being erected. Street scene in Kandahar shows numerous pedestrians walking along a road. View of new homes and other buildings recently constructed. Scene shifts to agricultural activities and products. Men bring products to market carried on backs of donkeys. A man harvesting some type of crop in a valley farm. Houses in a valley farm. View of a river. View of camels grazing on semiarid land. Executives of Morris and Knudsen construction company are seen in their offices, discussing a contract to build dams and irrigation canals in Afghanistan. Next, are shown stacks of skins from new born Karakul sheep, which earn Afghanistan millions of dollars annually in exports, and would, along with other assets, pay for the project. Morrison and Knudsen engineers are seen working over plans for the project. Potential employees for the project are seen being interviewed. A field engineer is seen receiving his passport as he prepares to fly to Afghanistan. A uniformed officer enters an office building to present the first requisition for supplies to be obtained for the project. A man reads a Radiogram requesting supplies. A purchasing agent begins processing the requests. A woman types necessary requisitions and others work on the requests. A steam locomotive is seen speeding along a railroad, as supplies begin arriving at American seaports for shipment abroad. A freighter loading supplies for trans-shipment to Pakistan. Longshoremen use pikes to roll heavy timbers for loading. Forklifts move heavy crates for loading. A freighter crew loads large wooden crates by means of the ship's cranes. The supplies,including prefabricated structural items are loaded into the ship hold. A sea bird perches on a ship. View of the stern and wake of a ship carrying supplies for the Afghanistan project. View of Karachi, Pakistan (where Morrison and Knudsen maintain an expediting office). Local people walking and riding bicycles. A camel pulls a wagon heavily laden with cargo. Views of cargo being offloaded from a freighter. Men on the dock load cargoes into cars of the Pakistan Northwest Railway. A freight train heading North toward the Afghanistan border. Views from the moving train as it enters a tunnel. Views, from the train, of rural Pakistan.
