A bit past midnight on a balmy night in late August, Hedayatullah awoke to a deafening blast. He stumbled out of bed and heard angry voices drawing closer. Suddenly, his bedroom doors banged open and dozens of silhouetted figures burst in, some shouting in a strange language. Full Story »
Posted by Lewyn Li
A detailed article of a war and a country mostly forgotten by the Western media. The writer recounts first-person stories of Afghans, some of whom have turned to suicide bombing because the US military has killed their families, whereas some are desperately poor and malnourished. The writer also describes a personal incidence where he rode around in a new motor bike and a Afghan policeman simply tried to take the bike from him. The stories are impossible to verify independently, though.
