Writing

The Drowning Boy

A Story by Easter3

Nations of Drowning Boys and Girls.......

Roti: a Taliban tale

A Story by Basmakyah Borz

Two men sit on the ground at the edge of a dirt road. The first holds a piece of wire in his light, caramel-colored hand and draws over the ruts an..

The Old Man

A Story by Jim of Earth

A very human encounter between a weathered Iraqi civilian and a seasoned American infantryman in Baghdad during the Iraq War.

To The Gallery

A Story by DylanMOrchard

A short piece relating the refugee crisis.

The Veteran

A Poem by Reid

An excerpt from a longer poem. If you found anything good or bad about it I'd appreciate your criticism.

How blue is my sapphire

A Story by O C

All of us live with our past. All of us allow it to shape our future. But some of us know how to shrug the past. I think that is who I am. (set in ta..

11. THE CASE OF THE AFGHAN SEEDS

A Chapter by Peter Rogerson

Dr Watson had been an army surgeon in Afghanistan, and he meets one of his old army patients...

The Visions of King Amanullah

A Story by Neelam

King Amanullah was the Afghanistan's reformer

Casualties Were Few - Poem #71

A Poem by toritto

The casualties were few we’re told while preparing to withdraw Just three last month in Kandahar Your son, my son and a boy from Florida. &l..

An Essay From October 2015

A Story by toritto

Its New Years and a time for reflection. I posted this in 2015 under the title “Should I Care?” " and it is still relevant. Kunduz Yes..

A Prisoner In Afghanistan [Adult 4,200]

A Story by hvysmker

A German writer and companion imprisoned in an American compound.

Songstress, for Nadia Anjuman

A Poem by Michael R. Burch

Songstressby Michael R. Burchfor Nadia AnjumanWithin its starkwhite ribcage, how the heartmust flutter wildly, O, and always singagainst the pressing ..