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Special project collection: The Afghanistan Archive
All That Remains
One Afghan Refugee's Quest to Recover the Past
Sherifullah, eleven, and Abdel Basit, eight, stand on one of the upper floors of the Russian Palace of Culture, which was heavily shelled during the mujahidin civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal. Until recently, the bombed out buildings sheltered homeless Afghans and heroin addicts. Efforts by the Russian government to rehabilitate the cultural center are underway.
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Issue: Fall 2011 / Volume 87/4
Published: September 30, 2011
Elliott D. Woods is a contributing editor to VQR. His VQR-sponsored website Assignment Afghanistan received the 2011 Digital National Magazine Award for Multimedia Package. His essay “Digging Out,” from the Fall 2010 issue, was nominated for a 2011 National Magazine Award in Reporting. His essay “Hope’s Coffin,” from the Summer...