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    【】ngshouldersthatthelifeihadknoeonandiytearsxingovie.ithepseofhassahebaanytis.

    isteppedbadallisaeltingsilver.

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    ayoungansataus.sheethetrubledintoapothole,her“bisllah”peakinganinbaggypantsandskyblueturban,andthuedprayerbeadsovediprayer.theree,sittihesestrangersiarpaulinveredcabofanoldrussiantruck.

    innardshadbeenroilingsinyarrayofbarrassedfaesstooaned.,asustache,shookhishead.

    “tohaveastrongstoch.”

    babagruledsothingunderhisbreath.iiythroattastingbile.ituedaround,liftedthetarpaulin,andthreovingtruesbeforekarigreedtostop,stlysoientofhislivelihood.kariggleriteterssoutheastofkabul,her,toor,ruckhasendnvees,ingtodriveusacrossthekhyberpassandintopeshawar.

    itanshadbuiltfhanistanbatuisonourojalalabad,theypresstreesandsugarefieldsioheer.

    ihoppeddobankntonthesideoftheroad.uthfillede.istuledtotheedgeofthecliffoverlookingthedeepvalleythatykneecaps,andebeloblingthroughthevalley.

    standingontheshoulderoftheroad,ithoughtoftheyentirelife,asifearedhkoftapiledisink;laundryinthein

    thefoyer;bedsunde;babasbusinesssuitshangingihersbooksstillthekhanhadgivenfiveyearsearlierwasgone.

    intheing,jalaluddinourseventhservantinfiveyears.youuldnttrustanyoneinkabulanyreforafeeoruhreat,peopletoldoer,friendonfriend.ithoughtofthesingerahdzahir,ythirteenthbirthday.hehadgoneforadriveefriends,andsoonehadlaterfoundhisbodyonthesideoftheroad,abulletinthebae,peoplehadtospeakinaulatedherafiqsstoo;theydtaughtchildrentospyontheirparents,totell.

    ybla,abookyside.thishadtobeadreahadtobe.torrooing,idfadisoke.kariaid.ioverheardhiellingbabahoherkneherussianandafghansoldiershekpoints,how

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