Love and War in Afghanistan Part 1

So I am part of group 2. I read pages 105-147 of Love & War In Afghanistan...



First off the stories was very sad. To start I read about "Najib, Son of Abdul Shafiq" The story was unbelievable. when I read it all I could think of was how terrible war is and how much it must screw a person up psychologically. Najib was a young man in Afghanistan he had a lot of adventure in his life, he was accused of being a spy at one point and forced to stand in a pond about thigh high in 30 degree weather overnight until he confessed, luckily some nice women came to the rescue and instead he escorted them to another city. Najib was dating a girl Shahnoza, Shahnoza and him dated for about 6 years when he decided he would agree to marry her, they had a great relationship but after he decided he was to marry her he broke down and totally lost it. he threw the idea to the curb and instead married a cousin on his moms side. it was all very sad and again shows the affects that war has on people.



The Second story I read was about "Mahtagbgul, Daughter of Zafar Khan." Her husband was arrested for being an activist. she traveled from prison to prison in search of him. finally she found him in the hospital undergoing surgery, when she got there again she wasn't allowed in. The story was all about this woman and how she was in debt and in a really bad spot. He daughter ended up dying when a stray bullet struck her in the head.


the stories were very sad again, I cant say it enough, its horrible to know what goes on in these countries and its very sad that we cant do any ting about it.