Band-e-Amir, Bamyan, Afghanistan. Chest-crumpling cold.

Band-e-Amir, Bamyan, Afghanistan.

Chest-crumpling cold.

Snapshots of a Fading War

Between and Behind the Lines in Afghanistan.

The American Scholar is running a series of my short stories from Afghanistan. New every Monday.

BAF

BAF

Writing on Afghanistan

Someone asked the other day which of my articles best summarize, or collect, my experiences in Afghanistan. Those listed below probably come closest.

A Gathering Menace (The American Scholar)

Failure to Communicate (Foreign Policy)

A Most Effective Method (Stars and Stripes)

So This is Paktya (The American Scholar)