"After the jirga was over, one of the tribal elders came over and wechatted for a while over a glass of green tea. "Last month," he said,"some American officers called us to a hotel in Jalalabad for ameeting. One of them asked me, 'Why do you hate us?' I replied,'Because you blow down our doors, enter our houses, pull our women bythe hair and kick our children. We cannot accept this. We will fightback, and we will break your teeth, and when your teeth are broken youwill leave, just as the...
Published on June 25, 2010 08:59