TORONTO — The assassination this morning of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is tragic for her family, her country and the world.
There is no doubt Bhutto’s assassination will have millions of supporters questioning the role that opposing political parties, including President Musharraf’s own PML-N party and the government itself, may have played in her death. […]
Kuh-i-Lal ruby mine seen from the main road between Khorog and Eshkashem
N.B. Work and other events conspired to prevent this story from being told when it happened. It goes back to my first Pamir trip in early November.
ESHKASHEM — “Please tell them not to kill the goat. Don’t kill the chickens. Don’t prepare a meal. […]
This is a typical Afghan village in Badakhshan at the base of the mountains, against the Amu Daria river.
TORONTO — I am back in Toronto for a month, although still working remotely on the Border Management project for Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
In this morning’s electronic news clippings I found this story from AFP of an avalanche in […]
LONDON — I am the only man in London, in fact the only person of any gender, carrying an umbrella.
Half way home, if not geographically, then at least psychologically, I have stopped in London for a one day, two night, layover between flights because, well, as events have proven — you just can’t get there […]
Winter arrived in hand with December on Dec. 1 in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE — At almost the stroke of midnight, in the first moments of December, the first snowflakes fell. By morning’s first light, the dusty grey streets of Dushanbe were transformed into sparkling fresh pathways of bright white snow. Winter has arrived in Tajikistan.
Saturday was the first […]