DEATH OF A HERO
Ahmed Shah Massud
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FAREWELL MARJAN...
Marjan, the one-eyed lone
lion is no longer the king of
Kabul zoo
PICTURES from the grenade attack!
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SEE ALSO ON THE FRONTLINE AND ROCKET LAUNCHER AT WORK
460984 United Front militias in Dashte Kaleh (Takhar province). They get paid 20000 Afghani a day, that is 25 cents of a US dollar, up to 1 million Afghani a month, that is 15 USD
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461010 The United Fron can rely on 2 MI24 combat ready helicopters, which i saw here, parked in a safe area, while flying on a much older MI8 (see shadow on the ground)
460999 Hai Kanhoun, from these heights United Front fighters have under control a wide range of both sides of Kotcha river between Dashte Qaleh and Kwaja Haggar
460874 One of the hyper-worn MI8 bettlehorse helicopter currently in use
460861 Bodyguards standing just outside the door of Commander Massud's room in one of his residencies
460894 A truckload of freshly recruited fighters
461008 Night pray in Dashte Qaleh
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460944 AA (anti Aircraft) machine-gun deployed on Awar Soy frontline
461014 The team of Commander Massud's bodyguards, at lunch in Kwaja Bahuddin
460903 The driver of a valuable rocket-launcher
460940 Resting fighters in Awar Soy
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460851 Two of Commander Massud's bodyguards
461016 A just delivered coffin in Kwaja Bahuddin
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460881 Mortar post in Hai Khanoun heights, overlooking Kotcha river
461252 Fighters in Hai Khanoun heights, where is all but difficult to find archaeological remnants from the legendary Bactrian reign, dating back to I - II century.
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Maria Grazia Cutuli
sketch courtesy and © F.Sironi
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Farewell, good ol' Marjan...
The lone king of Kabul zoo succumbs to his age at 48, after surviving years and years of deprivations and symbolizing to kabulis the spirit of resiliency itself
Well.....that's sad news, indeed. To my eyes, Marjan symbolized hope.  However, in thinking about that dear old lion's death I choose to believe that when he heard the swoosh of kites flying over Kabul, heard the roars from the football stadium, experienced the renewed sounds of music in the air and heard the click-click of chess pieces being moved around chessboards....well, the old guy knew that there was plenty of hope around and it was okay for him to let go and fly off, amid kite strings, to wherever it is the spirits of animals go.
Peace to you Marjan and peace to Afghanistan.
[Diana Smith, via the Internet]
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