If you fell into the hands of the Taliban, you’d wish you were dead. They’d cut off your balls, then slice off your face with razor knives. And they’d hold your head and make you look in a mirror at your own faceless red skull. And you couldn’t close your eyes, because you’d have no eyelids. And then they’d make you watch the dogs eat your face and your balls. Then they’d give you a pat on the back and let you go. And that was why you’d blow your brains out before you let yourself get captured by them.

