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We ate sitting in a circle on the floor on cushions. A
bowl of water would be passed around for hand washing,
then flat bread was dealt out like cards, the individual
servings accompanied by communal platters of rice, eggplant,
okra and meat.
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We'd rip off a piece of bread and use it to grab bites
of food, or we'd form a ball of rice and dip it in the
stews. We had fruit for dessert -- pomegranates, melons
and grapes.
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The Taliban enforced strict rules against music, cameras,
beardless men, women not wearing a burqa, adultery and
kites. The end of Taliban rule changed the look of the
Kandahar skies: Kids flew small, colorful tissue-paper
kites constantly.
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