“A lot has changed in 20 years,” smiles Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy, “and yet nothing has changed.”
Sultanzoy was appointed by President Ashraf Ghani as mayor of Kabul in April 2020. A pilot, he defected to Germany along with his aircraft during the war with the Soviets, making his way to the US where he joined United Airlines. Having retired with 32,000 hours in the cockpit, and having returned to the land of his birth in 2001, he served as an MP representing Ghazni Province. Thereafter he moved briefly into television before running against Ghani in the 2014 Afghan elections.
Mayor of Kabul Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy. (Photo: Supplied)
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Jasmine Aimaqâs debut novel, âThe Opium Prince,â is enjoyable on multiple levels. First, itâs a captivating work of fiction that examines how its two protagonists move from guilt and despair to redemption. Second, Aimaq immerses readers into everyday life in Afghanistan with such skill that even a passage about buying freshly baked flatbread is a poetic experience.
Set during the late 1970s, âThe Opium Princeâ is faithful to the historical events that rocked Afghanistan during the period. Itâs also illustrative of the deep gap between the haves and the have-nots. And it provides a good example of what William Faulkner believed to be the goal of all authors and poets: to depict âthe human heart in conflict with itself . because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.â
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As the U.S. tries to wind down two decades of war in Afghanistan, the conflict has already left lasting marks on Spokane By Orion Donovan-Smith, The Spokesman-Review
Published: January 10, 2021, 10:00am
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SPOKANE It was getting close to Christmas 2001 when 33-year-old Air Force Capt. Brian Newberry got a call at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina.
At first it seemed like a normal call. The United States and its allies had invaded Afghanistan two months earlier in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and C-17 Globemaster pilots like Newberry, who would go on to become commander of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base, were flying regular airlift missions to support combat operations in the Central Asian country.