Afghanistan Archives - Berfrois

Afghanistan

August. 2021. All is quiet.

August. 2021. All is quiet.

‘How fortunate we were to leave when we did’

‘How fortunate we were to leave when we did’

Texting Under Drone-Crossed Skies

Texting Under Drone-Crossed Skies

Borderlands

Taran N. Khan on Kabul

Afghanistan’s Ever Changing Warfare by Rob Johnson

Afghanistan’s Ever Changing Warfare by Rob Johnson

Photo essay:

See No Evil

When Drones Strike

When Drones Strike

Crossfire in Kandahar

David Rohde reads from ‘A Rope and a Prayer’

Podcast:

David Rohde reads from ‘A Rope and a Prayer’

From freedom fighters to warlords…

‘For the men fighting in the Korengal Valley, war is something formless and intermolecular, an airborne toxin as euphoric as it is lethal.’

Probably the Hash Monster

‘The bread-filled sheet bounces against his back as if nothing else matters.’

Photo essay:

Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan…

‘Incidentally, Zaeef must have been a good diplomat.’

Historical Inevitability in Afghanistan

Nightclubbing with Omar bin Laden

Questions concerning talking with the Taliban

Book excerpt:

‘The Only Thing Worth Dying For’ by Eric Blehm