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  • FIFTY YEARS OF SPILT AFGHAN BLOOD Part 2  

    FIFTY YEARS OF SPILT AFGHAN BLOOD Part 2  

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was approaching dusk when we reached the Mujahid camp in Attock. Our hosts had arranged a tour of the facility. It was a Spartan tent city serving as a base for training and recovery for groups returning after four to six weeks in combat zone. We talked to a…

  • FIFTY YEARS OF SPILT AFGHAN BLOOD Part 1

    FIFTY YEARS OF SPILT AFGHAN BLOOD Part 1

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan It was early 70’s and my friend, late Ajmal Malik, had landed a job with the information department in Peshawar. A brilliant mind, he was a successful journalist and a carefree loving soul. We communicated via booking trunk calls thanks to Ajmal’s access to official phones. We chatted regularly reminiscing…

  • THE EMERGING NEW MUSLIM ORDER

    THE EMERGING NEW MUSLIM ORDER

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    Hafeez Khan
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    STRAIGHT TALK by Hafeez Khan I moved to Saudi Arabia in 1979. The fruits of oil wealth were beginning to show. Development was happening at a frantic pace all over the country. Based in the capital, Riyadh, the skyline was full of construction cranes. Those were the heady days of a new frontier attracting intense…