Kabul Is... A Thousand Tragedies Per Square

My Memories Of Kabul Are Vastly Different Than The Way It Is When I Go There Now. My Memories Are Of The Final Years Before Everything Changed. When I Grew Up In Kabul, It Couldn't Be Mistaken For Beirut Or Tehran, As It Was Still In A Country That's Essentially Religious And Conservative, But It Was Suprisingly Progressive And Liberal.

For Courage, There Must Be Something At Stake. I Come Here With Nothing To Lose.

Like A Compass Needle That Points North, A Man's Accusing Finger Always Finds A Woman. Always.

You Don't Order Someone To Polish Your Shoes One Day And Call Them 'sister' The Next.

The Warlords Took Part In Atrocities During The Civil War In Afghanistan. They Looted, They Raped, They Killed. They Have Become Incredibly Empowered And Entrenched. They Live In Mansions, They Have Jobs In The Government, And They're Incredibly Powerful. In Kabul, People Don't Want To Speak About It Too Publicly, Because These People Are Essentially Like Tony Soprano.