Read reporter Neil Shea’s last dispatch in the Scholar’s series “Snapshots of a Fading War.”
Find the rest of the series here.
(Photo courtesy of Neil Shea)
“If I bring you there, they will cut off my head.” —overheard in Afghanistan by writer Neil Shea, part of The American Scholar’s new Afghanistan series, Snapshots of a Fading War
Afghanistan: A Gathering Menace
They were men who enjoyed demolishing Afghan houses, men who shot dogs in the face. There was a guy who’d let the others tie his legs open and mock-rape him, and there were several men who had boasted of plans to murder their ex-wives and former girlfriends.
“This is where I come to do fucked-up things,” Givens said. “So I don’t do them at home.”
Photos by Neil Shea
