In early August I told you about my Afghan friend Jawad Arash, whom I met during my time in the war in Afghanistan and who, after a long ordeal fleeing the deadly Taliban, finally arrived on July 25, safe with his family, in Indiana. When we spoke recently, I asked him about his family’s acclimation to America.
The area known today as Afghanistan has seen many invasions and rulers over the centuries, including Alexander the Great (circa 330 B.C.E.), Mahmud of Ghazna.