The Mindlessness of War in Afghanistan

One night in 1979, bombs dropped from the sky, killing 16 members of Ismail’s family. “The war took some people to Europe and America, but it destroyed my family,” Ismail, who is universally addressed as “uncle”, says. Hailing from the Haska Mena district in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, he says his parents insisted he go … Continue reading “The Mindlessness of War in Afghanistan”