For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.

America was different. America was a river, roarng along, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. Someplace with no ghosts, no memories, and no sins.

it is a heartBreaking sound, Amir Jan, the Wailing of a mother. I pray to Allah you Never hear it.

I don't know what this feather means, the story of it, but I know it means he was thinking of me. For all these years. He remembered me.

The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and paintings. They jailed filmmakers, musicians, painters, and sculptors.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

In Kabul, hot running water had been like fathers, a rare commodity.