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...Further away from the city, he accepted a cigarette even though he'd told me he didn't smoke. Inhaling deeply, he seemed calm, now. "They have gone, the Talibans out," he said with a sigh. A few checkpoints later, we were at the border post at Torkham. All that stood between me and safety was four Talibs with guns. I tried to enter Pakistan, telling them I am a Pakistani. The words caused commotion. One Talib grabbed me from the neck. Another grabbed my left wrist. The third put his hands on my chest, forcing me back to Afghanistan...
...dull the Harvard campus has been recently, I was interrupted by the piercing sound of my fire alarm. Cursing the now-routine recent barrage of fire drills, I grabbed my coat and rushed downstairs into the courtyard. Only this time, to my delight, the distinct smell of acrid smoke greeted my nostrils upon exiting the building...
Several hours later, wherever Eliot’s Diaspora wound up, we were given the computer smoke-signal that all was clear. The crisis had passed. Those of us in our friends’ rooms immediately got the message, as we were incessantly checking e-mail for breaking news about the calamity, and we grudgingly returned home. Those wandering the streets were found the next morning by the Charles half-frozen to death, still oblivious to the fact that the danger had passed...
...bazaar is open. Streetside shashlik stores send plumes of the thick smoke of lamb fat into the air, and yellow taxis ply their trade. The Alliance leader Ustad Mohammed Atta has become the unofficial mayor of Mazar, sitting cross-legged on the floor of his new home, receiving a stream of visits from town elders, tribal leaders and messengers from the frontlines...
...William Rannacher, a 25-year neighborhood resident, ran towards the column of smoke to assist any injured he could find. He got close to the crater and spotted houses on fire. "The front half of the building was ablaze," he said. "The cops came and they said there liable to be an explosion and cleared everyone out. I think they were afraid of fuel in the plane...