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A country abandoned

Impressions of Afghanistan by an Iranian filmmaker who travelled extensively in the country between 1988 and 2001.

A country abandoned
Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Photo: Joel Heard / Unsplash

I came on foot, I'll leave on foot

The same stranger who had no piggy bank, will leave.

And the child who had no dolls, will leave.

The spell on my exile will be broken tonight.