【】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>