Brides and wounded: The saga of Afghan cab FEATURE 03/10/2010

Brides and wounded: The saga of Afghan cab FEATURE 03/10/2010 KABUL — In the 30 years since Ghulam Ali bought his yellow-and-white taxi and drove it home from Saudi Arabia, all of Afghan life — from expectant brides to dying war wounded — has occupied its back seat. Once a gleaming source of pride that made Ali a big man in a city where traffic was dominated by horse-drawn carts, the 1973 Toyota Corona sedan is now a rusty shadow of its former self. But Ali is no less proud of the opportunities the car gave him and his family after his return to Kabul from the oil-rich Gulf kingdom in 1977. “It certainly didn’t look like this,” he said of the car, stroking the broken steering wheel, bandaged now with a piece of plaid cloth.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100310com5.html

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