Militias – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’s Genies (1): A Look Back
Thomas Ruttig
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When I read Matthieu Aikins’ brilliant reportage in Harpers (‘The Master of Spin Boldak’) about the mutation of a 1980s tribal militia into a drug trafficking network that survives to the day, I was reminded of an episode in 1988. I was living in Wazir Akbar Khan then. Around the corner was the house of […]
Context and Culture
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