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Back to Square One
by Robert Knoth
Mohammed Sharif (front row, centre) with the remaining men of the village. Sharif was the commander of Shikhan. He said: “If the Taliban attack, we have to defend the village, but there are only very few men left. There is hardly anyone left to protect the village if needed. Every day, ten to twenty people come to my house asking for food. I had 2800 kg of wheat, which seems a lot, but stores will run out very quickly like this. If no assistance reaches this village, people will leave this place in six weeks time.”

back-to-square-one: Back to Square One by Robert Knoth Mohammed Sharif (front row, centre) with the remaining men of the village. Sharif was the commander of Shikhan. He said: “If the Taliban attack, we have to defend the village, but there are only very few men left. There is hardly anyone left to protect the village if needed. Every day, ten to twenty people come to my house asking for food. I had 2800 kg of wheat, which seems a lot, but stores will run out very quickly like this. If no assistance reaches this village, people will leave this place in six weeks time.”