Kiss Me, I’m Taliban: A Short Story
August 30, 2021Mullah Mateen sat in an oxblood leather chair at a massive glass-topped desk in former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s office, taking his turn posing for triumphal cell phone photos with other Taliban commanders who took Kabul without even trying. Don’t smile, he tells himself. Taliban commanders aren’t supposed to smile even though a couple of […]