The multiple suicide attacks at the Kabul airport on August 26, killing over 170 people, including 13 American soldiers, and injuring over 200, are stark reminders that the Afghan capital remains vulnerable despite the Taliban’s control of the city. They also warn that ISIS-K poses a veritable threat even if the U.S. troops leave Afghanistan. …
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A scrimmage in a border townA canter down some dark defileTwo thousand pounds of educationDrops to a ten Rupee Jezail (Rudyard Kipling) Afghans have done what Afghans do best – fight to the bitter end and celebrate it as a sport. The master story teller John Masters writes in The Lotus and the Wind that the “Afghan …
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