Witness History
Witness History
How Little America was built in Afghanistan
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March 15, 2019
9 minutes
Available for over a year
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.