Word: esmatullah
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...agrees, however, to talk inside the shop. He wears brown from his turban to his sandals, and a long beard speckled with gray. He would not say his name, but he acknowledges that he was a Taliban commander. Later he was identified by people outside the shop as Esmatullah Akhond. In a room with pictures of flowers along the walls, he is joined by a second man with a wide face and short beard, identified by bystanders as a Taliban commander called Mullah Sayfullah Akhond (they are not related; akhond is an honorific). They sit cross&-legged on the threadbare...
...groups of two because if there are more, the government will think we are plotting something." They are clearly distressed by the new government, which they see as an un-Islamic, American puppet regime, and appalled by the return of movies and music to Afghan streets. Furthermore, Esmatullah says, "We hear on the radio that Americans are calling the Koran the book of terrorism. If this is true, there will be another holy...