It's striking how in all the discussion around pulling out of Afghanistan, there's been so little mention in the US media about how Afghans feel about it, or what it will mean for them. South Vietnam learned this lesson the hard way—when America is ready to go, boy do they bail.
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If you've seen good reporting, whether news or essays or books, from Afghanistan on the Afghan perspective, I'd love to read some. Please post!
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Here is a trailer (via
@zygmuntzajac) for what looks like a phenomenal 10-episode travelogue by a Polish couple hitchhiking through Afghanistan. Audio is in Polish (and Dari, and Russian, and an Afghan speaking Polish...) but there are English subtitleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di2yQKfblws&list=PL92t_hWZdNQuJHO-yPfvq3coIMs5v2xpF …Show this thread
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