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Why is the Soviet-Afghan War called the Soviet Union's Vietnam War? Why was Europe divided during the Cold War? Why did the Soviets follow Stalin so eagerly despite his atrocities? Why did Russia pull out of WWI? Why was the United States unable to avoid entering a Cold War with the ...
When I did, could I trust them not to kidnap me and sell me to terrorists, cashing in an insurance policy as the country was starting to fall apart? I was reassured to find both my new colleagues were like so many of the quietly humble, brave, clever Afghan people who have worked wit...
After first publishing the non-fiction book Women of the Afghan War, further inspiration struck and Ellis created thefictional storyof an undaunted girl she named Parvana. "She's a girl who is not at all interested in being heroic or strong or brave or anything," Ellis said. ...
Rather than REFUSE BATTLE in Iraq, we insist we must stay, doing daily "Gettysburgs" lest the Islamics see us as "weak", which is surrendering the initiative to the other side just like the Confederates did to the Union Army in our Civil War. War is NOT the ultimate test of manhood...
Of course the Afghan war was really about securing control of the oil in the Caspian Sea basin and the building of a pipeline to bring the oil across Afghanistan to the West, and it was all planned well before 9/11 – all that was needed was a casus belli (a “new Pearl Harbour”,...
Why did this woman set herself on fire? After the fall of the Taliban, Afghan women were promised Western-style freedoms and rights. So what happened? Not much. They still endure chastity checks, forced marriages, and domestic abuse. Marie Claire visits the hospital wards filling up with ...
Weeks later, with someone who knew her as well as I did, and with no idea of what I could possibly begin to say, a provisional apophatic eulogy was drafted, going something like this: Anna Reinelt was someone who wanted to leave the world a better place than she found it, and she ...