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Winter days of celebration

CHAOMOS, the winter festival, now ending, celebrates the solstice at this end of the year; it is the most sacred of Kalash festivals and is the time when Balamahin, believed to be a messenger of the Divine, is supposed to ride into the valleys. I have seen all these festive seasons, Joshi in the spring,

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Oh captain, my captain…

CHARSADDA: Their plans ranged from a simple vacation in Swat to joining the army and becoming the nation’s pride. But alas, all these hopes and dreams were dashed when terrorists stormed Army Public School and killed over 130 of its students. Tightly clutching her brother Uzair Khan’s clothes, seventh-grader Malaika cries herself to sleep at

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