77. The chicken or the egg
For those of you who haven't been watching the news lately:
1) Afghanistan has turned into a mud flavored snow cone.
2) 2 american soldiers burned a few Qurans and so now Afghans are killing Afghans as they have taken to the streets while the two American soldiers are eating cheeseburgers at the DEFAC in Bagram.
3) An international exodus has started out of Kabul.
4) The US Embassy has gone into hiding.
5) Most Afghans still think things will get better despite the fact that the Afghan government has instructed women to cover their heads and not wear make up on TV, has sent invitation cards to the Taliban to come back and join the party, and have decided to remove the events of the last 40 years from school books to promote "national unity". Yes, it's obvious things are getting better.
6) Tulcy (the longest running Dari-dubbed Indian soap opera on Tolo TV) has ended after an 8 year run.
7) There are now officially more cars in the roads of Kabul than livestock, pedestrians and stray dogs. Kabul has turned into Los Angeles - there 2.4 cars per household.
8) Beggars on the streets of Kabul are making more money than civil servants, doctors, teachers, shopkeepers, and taxi drivers.
9) Freezing to death is now the new leading cause of death among children under 5.
10) Predictions for this year's wedding season are that it will be a more lucrative year for those in the wedding business as an unprecedented number of young Afghan will spend their entire life savings in addition to mortgaging their homes to pay for one night of loud music, greasy food thrown at the guests, wedding dresses that cost $3000, hair and make-up packages costing $1000, two photographers (1 for the male side of the wedding hall and one for the female side) and two projector screens set up on either side of the divider wall between the men's section and the women's section to project a live video feed of the other side (I swear I am not lying).
Excerpt of a conversation between my colleague and I which sums up my conclusion of the current situation in Afghanistan:
Me: Everything in this country is like the riddle about whether the chicken came first or the egg.
My colleague: Well,the chicken left on the Safi Airways flight to Dubai and the egg has frozen in the cold and snow.
1) Afghanistan has turned into a mud flavored snow cone.
2) 2 american soldiers burned a few Qurans and so now Afghans are killing Afghans as they have taken to the streets while the two American soldiers are eating cheeseburgers at the DEFAC in Bagram.
3) An international exodus has started out of Kabul.
4) The US Embassy has gone into hiding.
5) Most Afghans still think things will get better despite the fact that the Afghan government has instructed women to cover their heads and not wear make up on TV, has sent invitation cards to the Taliban to come back and join the party, and have decided to remove the events of the last 40 years from school books to promote "national unity". Yes, it's obvious things are getting better.
6) Tulcy (the longest running Dari-dubbed Indian soap opera on Tolo TV) has ended after an 8 year run.
7) There are now officially more cars in the roads of Kabul than livestock, pedestrians and stray dogs. Kabul has turned into Los Angeles - there 2.4 cars per household.
8) Beggars on the streets of Kabul are making more money than civil servants, doctors, teachers, shopkeepers, and taxi drivers.
9) Freezing to death is now the new leading cause of death among children under 5.
10) Predictions for this year's wedding season are that it will be a more lucrative year for those in the wedding business as an unprecedented number of young Afghan will spend their entire life savings in addition to mortgaging their homes to pay for one night of loud music, greasy food thrown at the guests, wedding dresses that cost $3000, hair and make-up packages costing $1000, two photographers (1 for the male side of the wedding hall and one for the female side) and two projector screens set up on either side of the divider wall between the men's section and the women's section to project a live video feed of the other side (I swear I am not lying).
Excerpt of a conversation between my colleague and I which sums up my conclusion of the current situation in Afghanistan:
Me: Everything in this country is like the riddle about whether the chicken came first or the egg.
My colleague: Well,the chicken left on the Safi Airways flight to Dubai and the egg has frozen in the cold and snow.
I just feel bad for all the innocent peoples' sufferings that never ends! It's such a heartbreak to hear that children are freezing to death. I can't stop thinking about it and have been praying for them.
ReplyDeleteAmina
As sad as this makes me, your story about the projectors at the weddings just made me laugh out loud!! Stay safe!!
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