brownistan.com » peace http://brownistan.com Brown is the New Blog Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:39:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en Two Taliban Fighters on their Endless War http://brownistan.com/index.php/2008/02/19/two-taliban-fighters-on-their-endless-war/ http://brownistan.com/index.php/2008/02/19/two-taliban-fighters-on-their-endless-war/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:34:44 +0000 ashwin http://brownistan.com/index.php/2008/02/19/two-taliban-fighters-on-their-endless-war/ From Afghanistan, a father and a son tell of a life spent masquerading behind whichever ideology had the most guns. Whether it was the Russians offensive, the Taliban insurgence or the U.S. occupation, they’ve adapted as necessary.

“It [is] a bit like supporting a team,” the father, Malik, says.

Where war is concerned, they’ve played many different parts — renaissance men of sorts. Today, they’re members of the Taliban, but they reveal no sentiments one way or another about their cause. Their only mentions of Jihad sound more like discussion of what color camouflage they’re wearing these days.

The refrain they both repeated:

My entire life I’ve been fighting. I’m ready for peace…

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