The journey was long and perilous.
The Americans had a great desire to preserve the lives of their warriors and often fired on anything that moved.
Arrived in Kabul, I was looking for my sister and her family.
I found a place to sleep with very nice view on the street, the building had lost its facade during [...]

The truck stopped and we jumped down quickly.
The others were excited and disputed about who would have the honor of becoming a Ghazi by killing an enemy of Islam.
A ridiculous concern for Afghans that becomes a Ghazi by fighting foreign aggressors.
A terrible scene revealed to my gaze and I wanted to be blind, be deaf, [...]

The body of my mother rested barely in Hazârajat that my superiors sent me to a mission of espionage in Yakaolang.
They wanted to take advantage of my Hazâra physical appareance to gather information on the intentions of Khalili and his troops. The rumor grew on that he would fell upon the country in the coming [...]

I spent the years 2000 to perform as well as possible my Taliban’s duties and those of my new status as head of household.
The duties of a Taliban in the Shiite country were reduced to its simplest expression. We were patrolling the city to make sure that the Koranic law was respected as the Kabul [...]

The first time in Bamyan I was lost.
I do not going to visit my family and I did my best to avoid contact with any Hazâra.
What I have to admit was a tour de force at the heart of our country.
My boss highly appreciated this restraint
I was trying to hide me from the ghosts that [...]

In the late seventies, the news fell like a bomb. It was war, the infidels among the infidels had invaded the country.
I learned a lot in Pakistan and when the calls for help came from Afghanistan, I was leaving with a light heart, happy to see my city, my valley, happy to fight the [...]

“Taqadus ? Do you want a cigarette ?  »
« Yes, I do ! »
The jailer gives me a cigarette between the bars.
I smoke greedily and cough !
He laughs…
The sun will soon up on our beautiful valley of Bamyan.
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