Category Archives: Afghanistan

Associated Press, via the Toronto Sun, as found here, at rawa.org: ‘Death to America’, Afghans riot after crash Chanting “Death to America,” rioters stoned the US convoy involved in the accident KABUL — Violent anti-foreigner protests raged across Afghanistan’s capital … Continue reading →

From The Taliban Shuffle (2010) by Kim Barker, in relation to the 2004 Afghan election: The election was, perhaps, the most confusing every held anywhere. Somehow, a voter in Kabul was supposed to pick one candidate out of 390. The … Continue reading →

From The Taliban Shuffle (2010) by Kim Barker, in relation to the Kabul Zoo: I had gone to the zoo, planning to use it as an interesting way to tell the history of modern Afghanistan. My hook was Marjan the … Continue reading →

From The Taliban Shuffle (2010) by Kim Barker, in relation to her first “embedded” engagement with American troops in Afghanistan: I would learn that everything in the military had an acronym. The IED was an improvised explosive device, or roadside … Continue reading →

Wrote about the prisoners, or hostages, of the Taliban in 2001. How they were charged with the capital crime of promoting Christianity in what was then known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. In terms of the charges, as noted … Continue reading →

Wrote about September 10, 2001; the day before. Wrote about what happened to the Islamic protagonists afterwards. Didn’t think of searching to find out what had happened to the eight foreign aid workers who had been held for trial for … Continue reading →