Timely literary reporting from Afghanistan which includes insightful new writing since the US pull-out in 2021. Reporting from Kabul and Kandahar between 2001 and 2015, J. Malcolm Garcia tells us what actually happened to the Afghan people as the conflict between first world nations and fundamentalists raged. In telling the stories of ordinary Afghans, Garcia shows the impact of years of occupation and war - and the sudden and harsh changes as new occupiers push in - on a people and their culture.