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His show was Oscar-worthy, and I fe
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a known bomb-maker and kept moving
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conceivably create ten more militan
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ase in Sharana, still in Paktika Pr
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CHAPTER 6 MARCH OF THE PIGS C rouch
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Islam, a task more dicult than it s
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of the country’s top warlords wer
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enter my professional one. “He’
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waiting for the pounding to start a
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had to be repaid at some point in t
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went out. The exercise routine made
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Often, the reality of Afghanistan i
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authorized an e-mail statement, urg
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choice. She would return and slump
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CHAPTER 8 MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE M any
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At one dark brothel with bordello-r
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Kabul Province and Sabit’s home v
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down over potholes. I dropped Sabit
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saying that he could drink alcohol
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And the police knew where I lived.
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CHAPTER 9 LET’S GET RADICAL Y ear
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ends but to light it up with a blow
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countries far less committed to war
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“No!” several men shouted, not
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“You look strange,” Tom told me
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cleric near Kandahar—and two were
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and power brokers likely fueled the
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his two sons had been killed eighte
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heroin. While in power, the Taliban
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“Look. Even the girls are throwin
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militant on a motorcycle, later dub
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was serious, and that someone shoul
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expense by the Americans to pave th
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CHAPTER 11 MY NEW HOUSE T he night
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story of meeting Tango. Even though
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As if to underscore what was happen
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But for the first time ever, the mi
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that money was an issue, for any of
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Unwilling to sit on the sidelines,
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the Americans’ unguided missile,
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distinction hardly mattered. In a t
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He laughed. Some journalists felt t
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WHACK-
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Of course, no one answered. I turne
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natural resources, roads, and insti
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megalomania. The removal of the cou
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even as he arrested Al-Qaeda’s al
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justice, I watched a window roll do
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one of the longest days of my life.
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CHAPTER 14 HIGHWAY TO HELL A s the
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died. You’re educated. You’re a
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Towers in the afternoon, motorcycle
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“Bomber,” he said. Over the yea
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like the most important one in the
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I CHAPTER 15 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN wal
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Bhutto was placed under house arres
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“What could happen between Christ
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confusion. Then Bhutto’s longtime
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ew to a town called Sukkur and were
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this dangerous stretch. “Bhutto l
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CHAPTER 16 STRAY CAT STRUT W ith Bh
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mine. My translator tried to protec
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you going to stay safe while campai
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By the time we ew back to Pakistan
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Watch said the attorney general app
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“Farouq, why are you upset?” I
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climbed the stairs. Being here was
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and didn’t even mention Sahar, bu
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from the ISI than from the militant
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previous German tenants had desecra
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know she. My boss send to Serena to
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Fun House. “He’s probably ne,
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“Samad’s been sleeping in the m
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native while abroad. I was so far g
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Tribune foreign correspondents were
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We talked more. They asked about my
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Altogether, between driving to Spri
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family members. Finally his mother
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Capping the chaos, Nawaz Sharif the
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My friend’s phone started ringing
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“What’s your ancestry?” This
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promised to work on the project.
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Arabia for the feasts that marked t
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said. That did not sound promising.
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And we got bizarre access to the me
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for her release. A New York Times r
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One man sounded particularly credib
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one major attack had been at night.
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I CHAPTER 23 EYE OF THE TIGER ew to
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I called my boss. “So is there an
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not even up to Pakistan’s usual l
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“No,” I said. “No way.” He
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“But on the record, they refused,
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U.S.-led coalition for hiring “th
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myself, a mood that grew quickly bo
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“I mean, you’re OK,” he said.
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I CHAPTER 25 YOUNG AMERICANS ew to
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Paghman we had a situation with a g
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house. In the parking lot, basicall
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were the no-hopes. While on this em
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amount of money. I’m sorry.”
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“Kim, they made a decision, and s
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Samad looked at me. “Yes, boss?
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toward us, then toward her husband
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it would pull its 2,830 troops by 2
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jacket over his pressed cream-color
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my shoes. But I still wanted to see
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that, only the likelihood of some A
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in a few hours.” “Oh, congratul
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I EPILOGUE TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT n De
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As Afghanistan skidded o the rails,
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stalking me! Even if I was moving o
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book started o
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kim Barker grew up