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Day 4: The Bomb and the Permit
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Kabul It’s one-thirty in the morning. I’m at Qasim’s house (name changed for security), sitting in the dining room, staring at the computer screen. One question in my mind. What the fuck am I doing here? This morning I awoke, jet-lag keeping up part of the night. Qasim and I stood in the kitchen, making ...
Day 2: Dubai and the Dancing Russians
Dubai The jet rumbles, as it thrusts forward and begins its run down the track. Pamir flight NR 202, ten in the morning. Sunday. We’re on time, and I’m staring at the back of the seat in front of me, the Boeing 737 must be at least twenty years old, maybe more. There’s threads loose ...
Day 1: Returning to Kabul
Atlanta, GA Email from Rolf, July 3, 2008: “…let me implore you not to take this trip right now. It’s one thing to make an interesting piece in a somewhat dangerous area, I have traveled there myself. It is another to misjudge the severity of the situation and I think this is really not a ...