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Jul. 23 2009 - 12:26 am | 8 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment

Hither and Yon (istan)

By PHIL ZABRISKIE

Riding Amtrak from New York to DC this morning, idly pondering which way Afghanistan is going to go, I remembered a picture taken a few years back during a rather nerve wracking few days spent poking around Helmand and Kandahar, a picture of Afghan policemen manning a checkpoint on the road between Kandahar city and Greshsk in Helmand. So, gentlemen, which way is Afghanistan going to go?

dsc_00652 (credit: Phil Zabriskie)

 
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