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The Young Man’s sketch map of Afghanistan






Looking due north from Peshawar (1982)

Now, on our left we have AFGHANISTAN, which is to say RUSSIA, which is to say a hostile country, and up ahead of us, long before we could ever get clear and free to, for example, Polaris, we have CHINA, which is to say a neutral with its own problems, which is to say (in this instance) a hostile country; and on our right we have INDIA, which has got to be practical, as we all do, so here we have another hostile country, and behind us, as a reminder that not only people are hostile, is the Arabian Sea. (But everybody knows that all environments are hostile in the long run.) So the refugees from our side of Afghanistan tend to stay in Pakistan. A few have gone to Delhi, it is true, where they experience difficulties at the hands of those who want to be counted on the winning side. Some enter IRAN through Baluchistan, but it is said that their ultimate situation is not happy. A very few (the rich, claim the ones who remain) are given asylum in the United States or the Federal Republic of Germany. There is much talk about going back to Afghanistan to fight, and an impressive number actually do it. And PAKISTAN, a country as gracious in spirit as it is poor, takes in all the others — who number more than three million.

Looking around us, then, we have quite a vista — a bit disheartening, maybe, but if there were no problems what would we do with the people who wanted to solve them? And — speak of the altruist! — I do believe that I can see our Young Man from America down there at this very moment, just dying to be of use, and wishing he could just die, for he has dysentery.

Sketch maps have been furnished for your reference. A glossary of Pushto (or, if you prefer, Pashto, Pushtu, Pukhto or Pakhto) words and expressions has been omitted. Going in the summer is not advised on account of the heat.

 

 

 


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