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Kabul Jessica Wright Kabul Jessica Wright

On White City

It’s fighting season, I’ve been told, and this year is particularly bad because it’s the first season after the NATO drawdown and the Taliban is ready to prove a point. Their message is simple: We own this country and all foreigners should get lost.

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— Susan Sontag