The Country [afghanistan] Faces Enormous Problems. There

Cruelty And Benevolence Are But Shades Of The Same Colour.

Writing Fiction Is The Act Of Weaving A Series Of Lies To Arrive At A Greater Truth.

The Warlords Took Part In Atrocities During The Civil War In Afghanistan. They Looted, They Raped, They Killed. They Have Become Incredibly Empowered And Entrenched. They Live In Mansions, They Have Jobs In The Government, And They're Incredibly Powerful. In Kabul, People Don't Want To Speak About It Too Publicly, Because These People Are Essentially Like Tony Soprano.

She Thought Of Aziza's Stutter, And Of What Aziza Had Said Earlier About Fractures And Powerful Collisions Deep Down And How Sometimes All We See On The Surface Is A Slight Tremor.

But Then It Passed, As All Things Do.