A Friend Falls in Afghanistan.

The ProgressiveVol. 73 Nbr. 6, June 2009

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A Friend Falls in Afghanistan.

One day last November, an Afghan man chatted with my friend Paula Loyd about the price of fuel in his village, fifty miles from Kandahar. Paula, a thirty-six-year-old anthropologist who kept her long hair tucked under her field helmet, was taking notes. When she finished her conversation with Abdul Salam, thanked him, and turned to leave, the man doused Paula with a jug of gasoline and set her on fire.

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