Friday, December 18, 2009

NEAR AFGHANISTAN

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SMILE NEAR AFGHANISTAN. THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL THERE. THE MOUNTAINS ARE THEIR FRIENDS.

I ONCE IDEALIZED AFGHANISTAN. WROTE A REPORT ABOUT IT IN AN EARLY GRADE. I RECALL MY EARLY FASCINATION NOW, AS AFGHANS ARE CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF TRIBAL FURY.

MY REPORT WAS OF IDYLLICS AND POETRY, THESE IMAGES.




"In the Pamir Mountains, the Crossroads of History", The New York Times, December 19, 2009

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