【】handfulofafghanibillsinhispo;idneverseenhienyapeddler.noudenoolderthanfiveorsix.theysatinthelapsoftheirburqaethingelse,sothingihadntnoticedrightasataletheadefathersararedityinafghanistan.</p>
beredasajorthhfareintheseventies:</p>
jadehyhadoeuntainsfroageithoseuntainsthatireerthefiringofthetopehonthofradan.youdheartheroarofthatonallthroughthecityinthosedays.</p>
“iusedtoeheretojadehyuled.“thereusedtobeshopshereandhotels.neonlights</p>
aaurants.iusedtobuykitesfronoldnnadsaifo.heranalittlekiteshopbytheoldpoliceheadquarters.”</p>
“thepoliceheadquartersisstillthere,”faridsaid.“neofpolithiscitybutyouayhosedaysareover.”</p>
jadehyidjaggedstusofbriuledraeofskerosetothesky.</p>
“hetrees”isaid.</p>
“peoplecuttheodooo.”</p>
“why”</p>
“snipersusedtohideinthe”</p>
asaduingtokabul,thathedbeeholessaute.</p>
“fatherbuiltanorphanageinsharekohna,theoldcity,southofhere,”isaid.</p>
“ireerit,”faridsaid.“itroyedafewyearsago.”</p>
“youpullover”isaid.“itotakeaquickwalkhere.”</p>
faridparkedalongtheallbashautteredasell”isaid.sothingakingeyeser.</p>
“diesel,”faridreplied.“thecitysgeorsarealricityisunreliable,andpeopleusedieselfuel.”</p>
“diesel.reerelledlikeintheolddays”</p>
faridsled.“kabob.”</p>
“lakabob,”isaid.</p>
“la,”faridsaid,tastih.“theonlypeopleinkabulbnoysleeve.“speakingofh...”</p>