I read a few years ago that Afghanistan had the highest rate of rabies in the world. That can not be good. That sounds like a shithole.
Did you ever by meat in the open air markets from a vendor?
Did Russian women ever come down to visit?
1. I wouldn’t be surprised about the rabies stat. There were many “wild” dogs roaming around. Some domesticated, some not.
2. Never bought the meat hanging up, however I have had many dishes with meat in it. After my first time eating their food, I had severe dysentery. Another kinda funny story, we were in a fire fight. There was a cow in the crossfire, it @died. We paid the owner and took the dead cow. Had the local butcher cut it up for us, and we ate like kings for a couple weeks.
3. Only time we had interaction with Soviet women were in Bagram Airbase and Kyrgyzstan when we were climatizing. They worked on the bases, a couple hotties cut hair.