AFGHANISTAN. Mian Poshteh, Helmand. 2009. A Marine on patrol. The patrol was accompanied by an intelligence officer who went by the name “Broadway.”
When the troops entered Mian Poshteh he began to question the residents. First he stopped a group of young
boys who were playing. He asked them if they liked the Taliban. They replied that they hated them. “Well
you should fight them,” said Broadway. They looked at him quizzically and said that it was impossible, they
were just children and couldn’t carry a rifle.