Kacem Fazelly was born in 1932. He was a professor of law in Kabul, then lecturer at Paris I Sorbonne and Paris V René-Descartes, Kacem Fazelly worked with and advised some of the major players in Afghan political life - Mohammed Zaher Chah, the former king, and the new president Hamed Karzai in particular. Today Ambassador of Afghanistan in the UNESCO, he retraces the past close to his country and wonders about the future.