Sunday, February 2, 2014

Afghanistan Quote of the Day: 2 February 2014

“Afghans were as sensitive as a teenage girl about the civil war that happened after the Soviets fled in the late 1980s, when the Americans left the last time around.”


Kim Barker, “The Taliban Shuffle,” 2011




Top: Soviet grenade launcher (I'm told), mounted on the back of a Hi-Lux; captured in Kunar, 2005.

Middle: Carpet seller, Shar-e Naw, 2007. Whenever he said the word "Russian," he turned and spat.

Bottom: Dead armor, Kabul province, 2005.

(Photos: Jim Chiavelli)

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