第32节

    【】uldstandground,ideeihaddohat,ihaddaedself.

    babasighedand,thisti,tossedaoeedsinhisuth.

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    idgetupearlysosaturdayingsanddrivesouthonhighountainstosantaa.sittinginthedarkohassan,ihadalelledlikesalt.iusedtotellhassanthatsodayourtoes.thefirsttiisaostychildhood.

    sotisintheearlyevening,iparkedthews.saabs.

    porsarsidneverseeninkabul,ostpeopledroverussianvolgas,oldopels,oriranianpaikans.

    alsttarvelingatthesizeofthisuntry,itsvastness.beyondeveryfreeountainsanduntainsbeyondhills,and,beyondthose,recitiesandrepeople.

    longbeforetheroussiarre.acityofharelippedghosts.

    arieplaories,andnosins.

    iffoothingelse,forthat,ieraa.

    thefollorof1984thesuerituedtanoldafghanaportant,untilore.thebusetal,shatteredissionanhadntlied.

    onsaturdays,babaeupatdaappedourroutefrent,uniohers,andinavigated.allprofit:ashaight,aftersaining,bringin25.

    bythatsuer,afghanfaliesarket.afghansiarket:yougreetedtheguyaforaououfullyighttuoutthatthefellotoaprosinggaragesale.

    theonlythingthatfloorethahoseaislesarketondkolunistinkabul,andoneyarket.

    iraandsotisasbabasauntereddokabul:edoets,alongsideforraassadors,outofyprofessors.

    oneearlysundayinginjuly1984,thenan.iputtheperofthebus,anbushfor84sticker.

    “ar,”babasaid,tionihisisgeneralsahib,.iqbaltaheri.heinistryofdefense.”

    taheri.esoundfaliarthegenerallaughedlikeanused

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