AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. The patrol continued until Broadway (right) came across this boy. “His father is a Taliban,” he claimed.
The boy flattened against the wall as Broadway and Rocky, the Afghan-American interpreter, questioned
him. “Does your father go by any other names?” Broadway asked. Rocky paused before translating and told
Broadway, “He’s just a kid, he probably just knows him as Dad.” Irritated, Broadway stopped the questioning
and continued walking. He came across some village elders further down the road. It was a brief, uneventful
conversation in which the elders pleaded ignorance and divulged little useful intelligence. Frustrated,
Broadway spat to the Afghans, “You’re just as guilty as the people you support.” Rocky refused to translate.