You have think tanks like the widely respected Atlantic Council that have published reports in the past year that have called Afghanistan a failing state.

Educate yourself, learn about what refugees face when they don't have homes, after they have lost everything.

In her smile, Idris sees how little of the world he has known, even at thirty-five years of age, its savageness, its cruelty, its boundless brutality.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

If I ever do get married," Tariq said, "they'll have to make room for three on the wedding stage. Me, the bride, and the guy holding the gun to my head

People say that eyes are windows to the soul.

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