How I Broke 9/11 News to Taliban Fighter
One of the Taliban prisoners-of-war I met at the Do-Ab detention center in the Panjshir Valley in mid-September…
Afghan War
The war had been going on in Afghanistan for more than twenty years, largely unnoticed by the outside…
Don’t Do What the Mullah Does
One of my Afghan drivers never missed a chance to make sarcastic comments about religion in general and…
Baby-Selling in Afghanistan
Most Afghan families have many children, too many, in fact, for some. On the other hand, there are…
All Afghan Men Are Warriors
All Afghan men are warriors. The old ones were fighters in the past, the young ones will become…
Rooster Fights in Afghanistan
Afghan men and boys like to watch fights between roosters.
Taliban Prisoners of War
Afghanistan’s civil war was responsible for the existence of tens of thousands of prisoners captured by the two…
Travel in Afghanistan
They say there are only good drivers in Afghanistan: all the bad ones are lying at the bottom…
Baptism by Fire
“You’ve come here to see the war, so you are going to see it,” Aziz was trying to…
Afghan Refugees
Afghanistan’s civil war has displaced millions and created a whole class of impoverished people.
Boy Soldiers
Afghanistan’s adults unanimously say they are tired of fighting, but their children seem to enjoy the numerous paraphernalia…
TANKS, TANKS, TANKS
During its ten-year war in Afghanistan (1979-1989), the Soviet Union lost 14,453 soldiers dead (Source: “Soviet Casualties and…
Afghan Women
It’s hard to discuss Afghan women, because one can hardly describe the subject concealed for the most part…
Education in Afghanistan
During the Taliban rule, which came to an end in late 2001, Afghanistan had schools that taught mostly…