Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Contrast in kabul

Old kabul

Page 4 he says it was a new and affluent neighborhood. (Wazir Akbar khan)
Baba’s house…Broad entry way flanked by rose bushes.
Green playing fields….page 268

New Kabul
Page 259 dust covered city filled with beggars. (Wazir Akbar khan)
Baba’s house…..Tufts of weed grew between the sun-faded bricks.
Holes and craters everywhere in playing fields… page 268

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