My client's stay in Macedonia was not difficult in comparison to Afghanistan. He was treated correctly, allowed to eat and drink but never left alone. We wish to know who informed who in the period between December 31 of 2003 to January 23 of 2004.

is indignant and condemns the American strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan.

There is clearly a lot of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan, less so in Afghanistan, but I think that this will feed into it.

per troppo tempo l'Afghanistan è stato usato come terreno di scontro nel "Grande Gioco" delle superpotenze. (...) hanno dato denaro e potere ai fondementalisti e signori della guerra, che hanno trascinato il nostro popolo in una situazione drammatica.

Despite everything that has befallen us, do we not continue to hold the destiny of this shattered and magnificent nation, together with the future of all our children-girls and boys alike-in the palm of our hands?

In fact, I couldn't help thinking that despite their height, adults were just plain unbelievably stupid: men were blowing up other men; soldiers were shooting at children; men were ignoring women they loved; the women who loved them pretended they didn't; and when I read the newspapers to Pir Hederi everyone they talked about seemed to be far more interested in rules and arguments and taking sides than the actual business of living.