Back in Bolivia, and after a long break, here are a few photos of Tarata, a town just outside Cochabamba that has retained the Spanish Colonial style of building throughout the town.
There is a lot to write about on the topic of Afghanistan. It is an ancient part of human history, integral in the story of civilization wrapped in a mountainous, arid arid dressing. War, strife, political and religious conflict have been a fact of life from pre-biblical times.
The number of countries in our modern times that have made the mistake of trying to impose their will on the area include Britain, the USSR, and recently the US.
No one will impose peace on this region without involving the locals. All of the locals.
The Taliban in their brutal masses are now being given a shot.
From the outside they appear to be especially brutal in their treatment of women, and as sick as the thought of how many women are about to be subject to their rule, there is also something I want to bring up. Something that the Taliban needs to know.
There was a prayer, an earnest plea that came from the heart of the British soldiers, who were stuck in the conflict in that area in the late 1800's. It was a prayer that was translated from the local languages and written down by Rudyard Kipling.
God save us from the knives of the women.
