From Islamabad to Nangarhar, the Dead Keep Multiplying
The TTP kills Pakistani civilians. Pakistani airstrikes kill Afghan civilians. Two governments have turned this cycle into a permanent condition and called it counterterrorism.
The smell of a mosque after a bombing is something specific. Dust from collapsed plaster, electrical burning from shorted wiring, the particular sweetness of blood pooled on a floor where men had just been kneeling in prayer.
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