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The American Taliban

You're Wrong About

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The Story of a Border Guard in the Taliban

"He's like a little border guard in the bureaucracy of the Taliban," she says. "This war is at a stalemate, all he does is sit on guard duty and wait for something to happen." He becomes famous because he can make pasta; none of the other guys have ever made cooked pasta before,. She adds: "It's basically just like a two week camping trip where it's like him and these other dudes, they're hanging out".

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