Anna Badkhen

<p> Anna Badkhen is the author, most recently, of The World Is a Carpet. She is working on Walking with Abel, a book about transience. </p>
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From Bad to Worse

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Three Weeks in a Hopeless Land

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My Afghan Home

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Eternal Enemies, One Mile Apart

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In the Children’s Ward

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Homesick for Nowhere

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Is the U.S. Airlifting Taliban Troops into Northern Afghanistan?

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Warped Lives

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Afghanistan’s Little Men

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Afghanistan’s Boys in Blue

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How Do Afghans Relax?

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Helpless to Help in Afghanistan’s Local Government

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Ruins and Reunions

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Earthquakes and Other Disturbances

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The Muezzin of the Blue Mosque

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