Baba: Will you watch over the house for me? We'll be back when the Russian's leave.
Rahim Khan: What if they don't leave?
Baba: Everyone leaves. This country's not kind to invaders.
Given the discussion in a couple of earlier posts I thought the passage above might be of interest to some. The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini and was successfully adapted into an award winning motion picture. Written by an Afghani, it provides a glimpse into an Afghanistan that was - prior to the Soviet invasion.
You can read the adaptation for the screen here.
A tail dragging romp through the swamps of the world
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