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...police official peered into the passenger seat and took in my headscarf and shapeless clothes. "Where are you going?" he barked at my assistant, sitting at the wheel. "We are journalists, researching security conditions on the road," Ali answered. I lowered my sunglasses, thinking that my light eyes and obvious foreignness - usually a quick pass out of any brush with Afghan officialdom - would speed us through the inevitable interrogation. Instead, it only made the official more agitated. "Why don't you have a bodyguard?" he demanded. "This road is unsafe; people can be kidnapped...
...officer stared at me intently, then laughed mirthlessly. "You stand out anyway." He turned to Ali. "If something happens to her on this road, you will be responsible." He waved us through the checkpoint and soon Ali and I were heading out of Kabul toward Sarobi, an hour's drive away...
...didn't know Williams, but the head of her organization, Serve Afghanistan, described her as a "lovely girl, a great adventurer." Williams' death hung heavy in our thoughts as Ali and I wound our way through the steep mountain pass that is the only road east out of Kabul, alongside which lie the rusting hulks of Soviet-era tanks. Today, those are joined by the newer wreckage of a pair of burned long-haul trucks that were attacked by the Taliban just a month ago. The drivers, say the Taliban, were carrying goods for the U.S. Army...
...Only once we returned to Kabul a few hours later did Ali confess that he had been terrified for the duration of our drive. He kept looking in the rearview mirror, he said, wary of any unusual activity on the road or men in the mountains with weapons...
...just so many mixed feelings.”Tune and the Crimson ended their home season over the weekend, taking on Queens College on Saturday and St. Francis University yesterday.The team returned to Blodgett for the first time since Oct. 1, looking to put a winless streak on the road behind it.Harvard (3-10, 2-4 ECAC) came into this weekend parched for a win, and it was able to quench this thirst immediately, earning a victory against the formidable Knights, 14-6.“It’s just good to finally have...