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March 29, 2012

Imagine a 15-year-old boy, born and raised in Panjwai. His name is Nazar.

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This war began when Nazar was about 4. His birth date is unknown, but he was born before the harvest.
If Nazar reaches thirty, and you ask his age or birthday, he might look at you curiously, as if you asked a random man his shoe size. He might smile at the strangeness of the question, and tell you that his age is about 35, but that he does not know. At 15, Nazar has no television and no idea what New York is. Is that a fruit, or a vegetable? He has never heard of 9/11, or of Osama bin Laden. He met some Navy SEALs when they killed his uncle. He heard that they were British or Russian. He knows that they were foreigners who shot his uncle -- who was a Taliban commander. --Michael Yon, Sergeant Godsmack vs. Nazar

Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 29, 2012 5:19 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Michael Yon is the most amazing man in my experience. I have followed his 'adventures' for over six years.

He has spent his adult life in the world's most dangerous, contested, environments and his photo essays are legendary in the Pentagon (and elsewhere).

Posted by: GaGator at March 30, 2012 3:58 PM

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