November 15, 2024
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Dripping weapons – all manner of knives, guns, grenades and things that looked like sci-fi cattle prods – the American gate guard stood firm. His ward, Hamid Karzai, would arrive momentarily. I was an unannounced nuisance, maybe worse. “You got no pass,” he said, “and that’s that.” Then,… Read More

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