1. Back row, from left: Uncle Ali, Abdul Rahman Popal (Baba); front row,

from left: Baba’s sister, Abo, Tajwar (Babu). Courtesy of Baryalai Popal.

2. Abdul Rahman Popal (front, center), ambassador to Iraq, Baghdad, 1944. Courtesy of Baryalai Popal.

3. King Zahir Shah (left) and Prime Minister Daoud.

4. Afghanistan cabinet, Prime Minister Daoud at the head of the table and Uncle Ali, third from Daoud’s left, on right side of table.

5. Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev (left) and Daoud.

6. U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and Daoud.

7. Camel caravan.

8. Chapandaz with goat carcass being pursued in buzkashi, Kabul.

9. Biology class, Kabul University, 1960s.

10. Home of Baryalai, Karta-i-Char, 2002. Courtesy of Baryalai Popal.

11. Home of Baryalai, Karta-i-Char, 2009. Courtesy of Baryalai Popal.

12. From left, the author Kevin McLean, Abbas, and Baryalai in Frankfurt, Germany, 2009. Courtesy of Kevin McLean.